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.
Glenn Hegar
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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.
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Economy
In Planned Bullion Depository, Supporters See a Golden Opportunity
As Texas develops the nation’s first state-run bullion depository, supporters predict the state could become a national destination for investors in gold, silver and other precious metals.
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The Brief: June 10, 2015
A federal appeals court upheld a key segment of the 2013 Texas law adding requirements on abortion facilities in the state.
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The Brief: May 13, 2015
The House’s tax writing committee on Tuesday took up the Senate’s proposal to cut property taxes by raising homeowners’ residential homestead exemption. But what transpired on Tuesday was far from a kumbaya moment.
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Economy
Rainy Day Fund Could Be Invested More Aggressively
The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a measure granting Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar more flexibility to invest a portion of the $8 billion in the state’s Rainy Day Fund, sending the bill to the governor’s desk.
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The Brief: May 7, 2015
The Legislature’s two chambers are still not on the same page when it comes to figuring out how to extend tax relief. The prognosis on whether they find room to compromise varies as well.
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State Government
Court Ruling Could Undermine Major Taxes
A tax case started by a chain of movie theaters could cut billions from the state’s franchise tax, and could affect the sales tax, too, state Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday. The 3rd Court of Appeals ruled against the state late last week.
