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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Revenue for Fiscal 2020, August State Sales Tax Collection

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today released totals for fiscal 2020 state revenues, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August. General Revenue-related revenue for fiscal 2020 totaled $56.98 billion, down 1.5 percent from fiscal 2019. All Funds tax […]

Sens. Cruz, Van Hollen, Inhofe Lead Colleagues in Bipartisan Push to Expand Aviation Workforce Training

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Aviation and Space Subcommittee, and his colleagues Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today led a bipartisan group of over 20 of their colleagues in sending a letter to […]

Cornyn: Houston Area to Receive $177K in Another Round of Coronavirus Recovery Grants for Public Housing Authorities  

Senator John Cornyn

Several Houston area housing authorities were awarded a total of $177,144 in another round of federal grants to help recover from the economic fallout of the novel coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Senator John Cornyn announced today. The funding, which was appropriated […]

Natural Bridge Caverns Flips The Switch On Multi-Million Dollar Technology Expansion To Enhance Popular “Discovery” Tour

Upgrades Include Programmable LED Lighting, Underground Wi-Fi and Weather Stations to Monitor Cavern Environment.  San Antonio, TX (Sept. 01, 2020) – Natural Bridge Caverns continues to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the discovery of Texas’ largest cavern system by giving visitors the […]

SCAM ALERT: Beware of Entities Posing as State Agencies to Send Purchase Orders

Attorney General Ken Paxton

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a consumer alert warning Texans and Texas companies to exercise caution with any purchase order purporting to come from a state agency when they have not established prior contact with that agency. Recently, scammers and […]

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Partners with Money Smart Week to Teach Children About Financial Literacy

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is partnering with a national education program created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to help children learn important concepts of financial literacy. Hegar read the children’s book, The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble with Money, for Money Smart […]