Texas Wants to Become Hollywood (Without All That Liberal Hollywood Crap)

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is used to being the Legislature’s resident buzzkill, implacably opposed to both gambling and marijuana legalization. But drop the lights and part the curtain, and this mighty man, too, can be moved by the power of cinemá. Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this. Last Monday, the Senate Committee on Finance—the author, it has to be said, of considerable heartbreak over the years—met to consider Senate Bill 22, a Patrick priority to substantially expand the state’s financial-incentives program for movie, television, and video game production. The simple version: Production companies turn in receipts documenting the money that they spent in-state to the Texas Film Commission, which operates out of the governor’s office, and they get portions of the funds back.…

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