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Don Huffines

Texas comptroller

US Politics · Texas comptroller's 'executive orders' called 'internal housekeeping' as election nears

Texas Comptroller Don Huffines has issued four directives he calls executive orders that would rewrite state rules on online marketplace taxes, medical record fees, Flock surveillance cameras and spending on diversity programs. Experts and his Democratic challenger say the orders are really internal rulemaking dressed up to amplify the appointed incumbent's profile weeks before the November 3 election.