The state agency that borrows money on behalf of other Texas agencies meets Sept. 3 to authorize two refinancings and to hear a first report on pricing for a cancer-research bond sale of up to $300 million.
The state has never published how many Texas homeowners pay nothing in school property tax.
The Texas Workforce Commission votes Sept. 1 on rules that would let local workforce boards pay their top rate to every quality-rated child care provider in their area, whatever that provider charges its other customers.
The Texas Workforce Commission spent the first hour of a House hearing Aug. 26 describing a child care program that serves 117,000 families.
The Texas Senate Committee on Economic Development will gavel in at 9 a.m. Sept. 3 to take testimony on three interim charges: how Texas cities collect, report and spend hotel occupancy tax revenue; whether the Legislature should approve each new project finance zone individually; and what artificial intelligence is doing to the state's labor market.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 25 that Industrial Electric Mfg.
The Texas Senate Committee on Local Government will gavel in at 1 p.m. Sept. 1 to hear invited testimony on two interim charges: what a decade of rising homestead exemptions has actually done to Texas school tax bills, and how county appraisal districts set and pay for their own budgets.
Texas added 165,600 nonfarm jobs over the 12 months ending in July, more than any other state, according to labor market data released by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The Texas Workforce Commission has awarded Navarro College a Skills Development Fund grant of $212,520 to provide customized training for 72 workers at Leggett & Platt Inc., Gov. Greg Abbott and the agency announced Aug. 20.
When a hurricane closes the highways into the Rio Grande Valley, the roads stop being the answer.