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The 2023 Texas Tribune Festival

Texas lawmakers will have new money going into special session on education, comptroller says

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar says the state has collected more from insurance premiums that he had previously predicted. He suggested lawmakers invest more in teacher pay raises.

Alexandra Suich Bass speaks one on one with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar about the challenges and opportunities for the world's ninth-largest economy at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 22, 2023.


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