TEXAS — The state of Texas is looking to expand access to high-speed broadband internet. The Texas Broadband Development Office, operated by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, is soliciting input from the public on the new Texas Digital Opportunity Plan, which outlines how these entities will...

Capital Highlights by Ed Sterling AUSTIN • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on May 1 filed a lawsuit against the federal government to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia joined Pax...

Capitol Highlights By Ed Sterling Gov. Greg Abbott on April 4 welcomed the announcement by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen that the federal government would deploy some 4,000 National Guard personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border to assist in stemming the flow of illegal immigration. “To...

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier this month he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $779.2 million in local sales tax allocations for August, 1.3 percent more than in August 2016. Locally, smaller cities of Mountain City, Uhland and Niederwa...

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier this week that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $679.9 million in local sales tax allocations for July, 9 percent more than in July 2016. These allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses ...

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the state’s Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) earlier this week which showed the state is projected to have approximately $104.9 billion in revenue available for general-purpose spending during the 2018-2019 biennium. According to a press release on the comptroll...

Texas state sales tax revenue topped $2.29 billion in October, which was a slight 0.2 percent increase from the same month in 2015, according to a press release.  Glenn Hegar, Texas comptroller, said opposing trends in consumer and business spending resulted in slight growth in revenue.  “Continued ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck July sales tax collections were up nearly 30 percent in Kyle and more than 61 percent in Buda over July 2014. Kyle took in $642,442.47 for an increase of 29.33 percent while its neighbor to the north, Buda, took in $466,663.94 for a 61.5 percent increase over July of last year. On ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck KYLE AND BUDA  Based on the latest figures from the Texas Comptroller’s Office, Kyle saw a 41.57 percent gain in sales tax distribution up from $315,128 last June to $446,136 in June of this year.  Meanwhile, Buda continued a two-month dip in sales tax from $395,246 in June 2014 to...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Kyle and Buda Based on the latest figures from the Texas Comptroller’s Office, Kyle saw a gain of 21.8 percent in sales tax distribution up from $405,019 last May to $493,472 in May of this year.  Meanwhile, Buda, saw a dip in sales tax from $434,950 in May 2014 to $409,198 last mo...