AUSTIN, Texas (KAUZ) - Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that the Opioid Abatement Fund Council’s 2025 grant plan will direct around $100 million to slow down opioid abuse in the State of Texas. According to the release from the Comptroller’s Office, specific grant opportunities in 2025 will include:

An ongoing challenge for Texas is keeping up with infrastructure, including water, transportation, broadband and reliable power sources, writes Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar discusses current housing supply and affordability in Texas The Northeast Texas Municipal Water District board of directors held a meeting to hear public comment on the plan to sell Lake O' the Pines water to the DFW area.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar warned legislators that while Texas may enjoy a financial cushion, declining consumer spending and falling oil prices could strain the state’s revenue stream.

Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar offers a fiscal outlook and potential spending priorities for the 2025 legislative session.

According to a report published last year by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, between 2019 and 2023, the median home price in the Tyler and Longview metropolitan areas rose by 50.4 and 32.9 percent, respectively.

Containers that ChampionX LLC uses to transport chemicals to its customers aren’t exempt from sales and use tax, Texas told a state court in support of its appeal of a $3.17 million refund order.

The legislation comes a week after Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar told lawmakers they have $194.6 billion in state tax money to spend, including $23.8 billion in money left over from the current budget and an Economic Stabilization Fund — known as the ...

Texas cities, counties, higher education institutions and nonprofits clambered Tuesday to gauge the potential fallout from the suspension, later blocked temporarily by a federal judge.

A challenge to a wind farm’s approximately $10 million property tax break doesn’t merit review from the Texas Supreme Court, a state tax official told the justices.

The state Senate’s draft budget would also lower property taxes by increasing the homestead exemption for most homeowners.

On Wednesday, the Texas Comptroller announced awards totaling $701.9 million for the second round of the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas Program (BOOT II). According to the Comptroller’s office,