Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 19-state coalition defending parental-consent statutes for minors seeking an abortion. This friend-of-the-court brief was filed in the United States Supreme Court after the Chicago-based Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit blocked a law requiring parents to […]
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Paxton Sues Biden Administration Over Dictating Texas Tax Policy in Federal COVID-19 Relief Law
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over a provision in the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act. Though the Act generally assists Texans recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, one provision—the Tax Mandate—specifically demands that Texas not use funds […]
The Periwinkle Foundation Hosts Making A Mark® Artapalooza
Children at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers participate in a fun week of creativity From April 26 through April 30, 225 children at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers® participated in a fun week of creativity during The Periwinkle […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar to Release Revised Biennial Revenue Estimate
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today will issue a revision to the Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE). Hegar’s revision updates his original January BRE and is based on changes in estimated revenue collections and updated Legislative Budget Board estimates of the state […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Revises Revenue Estimate, Projects a Fiscal 2021 Ending Balance of $1.67 Billion More than January Estimate
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today revised the Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) and now projects 2020-21 revenue available for general-purpose spending to be $113.88 billion and the ending balance in General Revenue-Related (GR-R) funds to be $725 million, an increase of […]
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.4 Billion in April
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.4 billion in April, a record-high monthly total and 31.4 percent more than in April 2020. Year-over-year increases for most tax revenues this month and in the coming months will […]
File 2020 Tax Return with the IRS to Receive Missing Economic Impact Payments
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the third round of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) in April. Most Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients should have received their EIPs by now. If a person is missing their first […]
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.4 Billion in April
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.4 billion in April, a record-high monthly total and 31.4 percent more than in April 2020. Year-over-year increases for most tax revenues this month and in the coming months will […]
Sen. Cruz Op-Ed: ‘Texas is Fighting Back Against Big Businesses That Threaten Oil, Gas Jobs’
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram detailing big business’ discrimination against the Texas oil and gas industry in the name of climate change and the Texas legislature’s fight to protect energy jobs against the […]
LifeGift Is a Founding Member of Biostatis Research Institute: Recent Launch to Increase Transplantation Using Cryogenic Storage of Donor Organs for Transplantation
LifeGift, the organ procurement organization (OPO) that facilitates organ and tissue donation in Southeast, West and North Texas, is proud to announce the launch of the Biostatis Research Institute (BRI). BRI will fund the establishment of two new academic research […]
