Press Release | (AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.5 billion in May, 6.6 percent more than in May 2025. The majority of May sales tax revenue is based on sales made in April and remitted to the agency in May. “State sales tax collections showed solid growth well above […]
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Texas Press Association Capital Highlights by Gary Borders | Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety law Top Texas legislators are pushing to waive a new state law that requires camps to install broadband fiber optics in order to legally operate this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported. Scores of camps are struggling to meet the deadline. Lt. Gov. Dan
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Press Release | AUSTIN — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.4 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 7.7 percent more than in May 2025. These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly and
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AUSTIN — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.7 billion in April, 9.8 percent more than in April 2025. The majority of April sales tax revenue is based on sales made in March and remitted to the agency in April. “Overall state sales tax collections grew by nearly 10 percent last month,
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Texas Press Association Capital Highlights by Gary Borders Texas awards first $400 million in school vouchers State officials began sending out the first notices to families awarded education vouchers last week, the Houston Chronicle reported. In the first round, 42,644 qualified, mostly students with special needs who are considered the highest priority. More than a quarter-million students
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Kilgore EDC Press Release | The Kilgore Economic Development Corporation’s leadership has initiated a nationwide search for its next Executive Director. The move follows the recent retirement of Lisa Denton, who served as KEDC’s leader since 2021. “Lisa’s leadership has played a key role in advancing Kilgore’s economic development efforts,” according to Alan Pollard, KEDC
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Texas Press Association Capital Highlights by Gary Borders Cost for future water needs could reach $174B Texas will need to invest $174 billion over the next 50 years to keep up with water demand, according to a draft 2027 state water plan approved last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported. That is more than twice the
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(AUSTIN) — Texans they can purchase certain items tax free during the state’s Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 27. “From hailstorms to hurricanes, Texans know the importance of being prepared when bad weather hits,” acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock said
April 13 was a Sunday in 1958, and in Moscow it culminated with Kilgore’s Van Cliburn winning the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Public Domain video, 1962 – Van Cliburn performs Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No, 1 in B-flat minor, Op 23” with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the same piece which elevated him to worldwide fame
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Texas Press Association’s Gary Borders reports… Patrick warns GOP could lose state House majority Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week that the GOP risks losing its majority in the state House this November and urged party unity behind the winner of the May runoff between U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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