At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, a 2014 candidate for comptroller, talked about how he’d make the biennial revenue estimate more accurate.
Economy
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Border, Immigration, Fiscal Issues Top Texans’ Concerns
Immigration, border security, federal budget matters and the economy top Texans’ lists of state and national concerns, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Economy
Combs Defends Conservation Program
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs on Tuesday defended a controversial program her office oversees to conserve the state’s threatened dunes sagebrush lizard.
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Economy
Guest Column: Tax Foundation’s Texas Ranking Misses Mark
Texas is a wonderful place to do business. We have a strong economy, great people, rational tort laws and an efficient regulatory environment. Our taxes on business are not our best selling point, but even so, the Tax Foundation misses the mark.
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Economy
Guest Column: The Margin Tax Holds Texas Business Back
There’s much that shouldn’t change about Texas’ tax code. I’m a bit jealous of lifelong Texans; you don’t know the sinking feeling of finishing your federal income taxes just to remember that you need to pull out the state tax forms.
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Criminal Justice
USDA: Border Cattle Inspection Sites to Remain Shuttered
Elected officials and business leaders in Presidio and its Mexican sister city, Ojinaga, are drafting their own safety plan, hoping the USDA will consider reopening a cattle inspection site in Mexico.
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Economy
Guest Column: Vote Yes on Prop 6 — We Need the Water
Our booming economy, rapidly growing population and the drought that has plagued most of the state for years are combining to stress our ability to meet our water demands. If we do nothing to address these needs, we place at risk the health and well-being of future generations.
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Economy
Dispute Over Money for Scanning Machine May Stall Bridge Opening
Just weeks before a new rail bridge connecting Texas and Mexico is set to open, controversy surrounding an X-ray machine for the bridge has unfolded and could delay the opening.
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Economy
Hegar Touts “Support for the Unborn” in Comptroller Ad
In the first campaign ad in his bid to succeed Comptroller Susan Combs, state Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, promotes Texas’ “business climate and our unwavering support for the unborn.”
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Economy
Texas Drops Two Spots in National Business Tax Ranking
Texas dropped two spots, from ninth to 11th, on the Tax Foundation’s widely cited State Business Tax Climate Index. But the index did not factor changes lawmakers made to the franchise tax this year.