Four of the five statewide elected officials eligible to move out of the capital city following the Nov. 3 passage of Proposition 3, which repealed the state capital residency requirement, said they’ll continue to call Austin home.
Glenn Hegar
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Economy
Firms Large and Small Vying to Help Texas Build Gold Depository
More than a dozen companies responded to a recent request from Comptroller Glenn Hegar for input on how Texas should set up a planned gold bullion depository.
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Criminal Justice
2015 Tribune Festival: Audio From the Open Government Track
The Open Government track at The 2015 Texas Tribune Festival featured a panel discussion on public integrity and state government and a conversation over ethics. We also featured a conversation with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar.
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Economy
Analysis: A Mistaken Revenue Forecast With No Instant Consequences
The state comptroller’s original forecast on state revenue for 2016-17 was wrong, but the misestimate was inconsequential — at least in the short term.
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Hegar: Stalling Oil Boom Cutting into State Revenues
In his first certified revenue estimate, Comptroller Glenn Hegar lowered his estimate for how much revenue the state will take in by more than $2 billion, pointing to reduced activity in oil and gas drilling as the main culprit.
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State Government
Hegar Lets Abbott Vetoes Stand, Asks AG to Settle Dispute
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday he will not authorize more than $200 million in funds approved by the Texas Legislature but vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott as he waits for Attorney General Ken Paxton to settle the issue.
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Politics
Buried Treasure: State Budget Hides a Mystery
Lawmakers approved giving $200,000 to a community college that doesn’t want it to fund a maritime museum that doesn’t exist, and now the Legislative Budget Board may scuttle Gov. Greg Abbott’s bid to reclaim the loot.
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State Government
Abbott Aides: “Magic Words” Used to Block Budget Vetoes
In a lengthy legal memo to the state’s comptroller, aides to Gov. Greg Abbott defend his budget vetoes and decry a legislative agency’s challenge as a threat to constitutional separation of powers.
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State Government
Analysis: A Challenge to Vetoes — and a Governor’s Power
The governor and the state’s legislative leaders are having what looks like an argument over money, but it’s really about who’s in charge in state government.
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Economy
State Sales Taxes Drop, Ending 62-Month Growth Streak
Texas collected less state sales tax revenue in June than it did in the same month a year earlier, ending a remarkable 62-month streak of growth, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday.