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May 2010
Perry 51, White 38

April 2010
Perry 48, White 44

March 2010
Perry 49, White 43

February 2010
White 51, Shami 19
Perry 49, Hutchison 27, Medina 19
Perry 39, Hutchison 28, Medina 24
Hutchison 49, White 36
Perry 48, White 39
Medina 41, White 38
Perry 44, Hutchison 29, Medina 16

January 2010
Perry 43, Hutchison 33, Medina 12

November 2009
Perry 46, Hutchison 35, Medina 4

Comptroller of Public Accounts

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The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is state government's chief financial officer, serving as its highest-ranking tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator and treasurer. The comptroller is elected statewide and serves four-year terms.

The Comptroller's Office has more than 3,500 employees and 30 field offices across the state. Its Web site contains numerous resources for businesses and residents, including a feature allowing advanced searches of most state government spending.

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The Hole Truth

Comptroller Susan Combs' quiet acknowledgment that Texas will show a $1.3 billion deficit at the end of the budget year contrasts with the happy face she's put on state finances leading up to the 2010 elections. The numbers are the worst since 2003, when the Legislature responded with $10 billion in spending cuts, and increased fees, tuition and other revenue sources.

by Ross Ramsey 8/18/10
TribBlog: A Taxing Problem

The state's tax on corporations could end up half a billion dollars shy of Comptroller Susan Combs' predictions, officials with her office say.

by Ross Ramsey 6/2/10
On the Records: Combs' Open Data Center

Susan Combs' new texastransparency.org includes an Open Data Center, where anyone can download dozens of raw data sets, much like the federal government's data.gov.

by Matt Stiles 5/6/10
The Shell Game

If history is any guide, the Legislature will turn to accounting illusions to mask large portions of a budget shortfall of at least $11 billion. Trouble is, such trickery is a bet on the economy roaring back to life — and that's no sure thing.

by Ross Ramsey 5/3/10
Spies Like Us

Sign up for state agency e-mail alerts from, say, the Comptroller or TCEQ and they'll let you know when meetings are being held and when proposed rules are ready for review. But click a link in those e-mails and they have the ability to see who looked at which rule and which web page and who didn't look at all.

by Ross Ramsey 4/23/10
Tomorrow Never Dies

Lobbyists and lawmakers are fighting to preserve the terms of the contracts signed by parents who enrolled in the Texas Tomorrow Fund prepaid college tuition plan.

by Abby Rapoport 3/31/10
On the Records: Bonus Round

Eleven employees in the state's treasury division got $360,000 in bonuses last year.

by Matt Stiles 2/25/10
TribBlog: Tax Revenues Continue to Fall

Sales tax collections fell by double digits, again.

by Julian Aguilar 2/12/10
The Last Time Around

How will lawmakers deal with a budget shortfall of at least $11 billion — and maybe several billion more — in the next legislative session? In all likelihood, by doing what they did in 2003, when things were almost this bad.

by Julian Aguilar 2/10/10
On the Records: Sunrise?

The Texas Ethics Commission and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts are opening up more of their data to the public at no charge.

by Matt Stiles 2/8/10
On the Records: Combs Studying Open Data

Her office is studying efforts to release raw data in New York and San Francisco for ideas.

by Matt Stiles 2/3/10
TribBlog: Where's the Stimulus?

Texas ranks poorly among the states when it comes to letting taxpayers know how it's using federal stimulus dollars, according to a report released today by several nonprofit public interest groups.

by Brandi Grissom 1/26/10
Mapmaker, Mapmaker

Think like the political pros and your mind will go to the long game instead of the short one. The short game is the elections of 2010. The long game is redistricting in 2011, when maps are drawn that corral the voters into the districts that will elect legislators for the next ten years.

by Ross Ramsey 12/14/09
On the Records: A Data Challenge for Texas

What are state and local governments in Texas doing to make raw data available to the public? Not much.

by Matt Stiles 12/7/09
2010: Dan Patrick Staying Put, Endorsing Combs

Forget what I said on this week's TribCast, parroting the chatter around the Capitol: The state senator from Houston is not considering a primary challenge to his fellow Republican, Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs.

by Evan Smith 12/4/09

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Fitch Research on State's TRAN borrowing
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Moody's Research on State's TRAN borrowing
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Letter Announcing Changes to Texas Tomorrow Fund Contract
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Letter Rescinding Changes
PDF (77.8 KB) download
Letter From House Democrats to Comptroller
PDF (190.1 KB) download
Certification Revenue Estimate 2010-11
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Comptroller of Public Accounts

Fitch Research on State's TRAN borrowing

Moody's Research on State's TRAN borrowing

Letter Announcing Changes to Texas Tomorrow Fund Contract

Letter Rescinding Changes

Letter From House Democrats to Comptroller

Certification Revenue Estimate 2010-11

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