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Texas Land Development Advocacy: Why the TLDA PAC Matters Now More Than Ever

Unexpected Political Dynamics at the Capitol  The 2025 regular session delivered some surprises for Texas developers — not just in legislation, but in politics. Traditionally, development interests have found strong alignment with the pro-business caucus at the Capitol. But this year, several newly elected House Republicans broke from that tradition, taking anti-growth and pro-local control […]

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Addressing Land Development Challenges: Insights from the 2024 Interim Legislative Charges

The Texas Land Developers Association plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of land development in Texas. In light of the 2024 Interim Legislative Charges outlined by Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, there are several key areas of focus that directly impact land developers. This post aims to highlight specific challenges and opportunities

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TLDA Sponsors inaugural Developers Coalition of Liberty Hill Event with State Representative Terry Wilson

The Texas Land Developers Association (TLDA) was proud to sponsor the first Developers Coalition of Liberty Hill meeting January 12, 2024. As an advocate for sustainable and community-driven land development, TLDA sees such engagements as essential for connecting with and supporting the professionals who shape the Texas landscape. Engagement and Insights:The breakfast meeting, held at

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Legislative Summary – 88th Texas Legislative Session, 2023

We are proud to present a comprehensive update on the work by the Texas Land Developers Association in the 88th Texas Legislative Session for 2023. Your Association has been hard at work, advocating on your behalf, analyzing every bill, and participating in the session to ensure the land development industry is represented effectively. Keeping track

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Legislative Update – May 24 2023

Dear members and stakeholders, We are writing to provide a vital update on the progress of several bills we’ve been closely monitoring in the Texas Legislature. We understand the importance of these bills to our industry and we’re doing our best to keep everyone abreast of their progress. HB 2037 – This bill is no

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Speakers Race is Anyone’s Guess – from the Texas Tribune

Who wants to be a Texas House speaker? With the pending retirement of House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, the lower chamber knows someone new will be in charge in January — but not a single member has so far declared their candidacy to seek the gavel. That’s quite the departure from the last speaker’s race

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Upcoming Fundraisers – Please join us!

Two of our legislative allies, Senator Charles Schwertner and Senator Charles Perry, each have campaign fundraisers scheduled for this fall.  TLDA will support them as an association at these events, but we invite you to show your support by being present at the events to represent TLDA and our efforts.  Please see invitations for each

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TribTalk: The 2019 Texas House, from right to left

The Texas Legislature’s 2019 regular session is over, the votes on bills have been cast, and we have everything we need to rank Texas House members along the political spectrum from red to blue. Political scientists have for decades used roll-call votes cast by members of the U.S. Congress to plot them on the Liberal-Conservative

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