Texas House Panel Puts a $29.2 Billion Price Tag on Ending the School Property Tax
Texas lawmakers have cut school property taxes in three straight sessions and committed roughly $51 billion of the current budget to keeping those cuts in place.
Texas lawmakers have cut school property taxes in three straight sessions and committed roughly $51 billion of the current budget to keeping those cuts in place.
Governor Greg Abbott awarded more than $5.8 million in Funds for Veterans’ Assistance grants to 21 organizations serving South Texas veterans and their families at a presentation ceremony, his office said in a Sept. 15 news release.
The Texas Senate Committee on Economic Development will gavel in at 9 a.m. Sept. 22 in Capitol Extension room E1.016 to take testimony on how Texas cities collect and spend hotel occupancy tax revenue, on the zones that let a handful of big cities route state tax dollars into convention centers, and on what artificial intelligence is doing to the state's labor market.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines released the state’s fiscal 2026 revenue totals on Sept. 11, reporting that All Funds tax collections finished the year $1.6 billion above forecast.
The Texas Military Preparedness Commission meets Sept. 15 to rebuild how it hands out a grant program that has sent more than $172 million to towns near military bases — the first cycle since the Legislature took the scoring away from Governor's office staff and gave it to the commissioners themselves.
The Texas Workforce Commission marked Labor Day by recognizing the 15.9 million workers it credits with powering the state's economy, the agency said in a Sept. 7 news release.Those workers support more than 680,000 employers and have helped Texas become the eighth largest economy in the world, according to the commission.
The Texas House Committee on Ways and Means will gavel in at 10 a.m. Sept. 15 to take invited and public testimony on whether Texas can cut property taxes further and on how local governments borrow and spend the money those taxes secure.
The Texas Workforce Commission votes Sept. 8 on setting aside two of the tests a child care provider has to pass to earn the state quality rating that decides what Texas pays to place a subsidized child there.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines reported Sept. 1 that state sales tax revenue totaled $4.62 billion in August, 7.1 percent more than in August 2025.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Amazon.com Inc. on Aug. 31, alleging the company deceived Texas businesses about how it prices the advertising they buy on its platform.