Years of budget reductions have left the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality struggling to investigate complaints, with over 1,000 cases stuck in backlog.

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Governor Greg Abbott reshapes his Budget and Policy team, appointing Tabatha Vasquez as Senior Advisor, Cory Fish as Policy ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House of Representatives is currently discussing Senate Bill 1 – the 2026-27 general appropriations bill – and House Bill 500 – the supplemental appropriations bill.

Texas is projected to have $194.6 billion available in general revenue to fund the business of the state over the 2026-2027 biennium, a slight decrease from the last budget cycle while still putting ...

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and ...

Dense fog blankets the dome of the Capitol in Austin on March 12, 2019. Credit: Emree Weaver/The Texas Tribune The era of massive state budget surpluses in Texas could be coming to an end. As the last ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Both chambers set aside $1 billion for a voucher-like education savings ...

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and ...