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Some Convenience Stores Taxing Tax Free Items
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A CBS 11 investigation found some convenience stores overcharging customers by applying sales tax on snack items that should not have taxes attached to them. When it comes to...
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State Comptroller Releases Education Report
RICHARDSON (AP) – A Texas education report released Wednesday that rates school districts by looking at student progress and district spending gives only about 4 percent of schools the top designation....
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Comptroller Urges More Openness Of Job Incentive Programs
AUSTIN (AP) - Comptroller Susan Combs has recommended more openness for the Texas Enterprise and Emerging Technology funds as part of a wide-ranging review of the state’s job incentive programs. The...
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Board Recommends State Negotiate Tax Breaks
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas lawmakers this month face a report by the Legislative Budget Board that has recommended a policy swap to put the state’s comptroller, not local school districts, in charge of...
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State Lawmakers Faced With $15 Billion Shortfall
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas lawmakers will have $72.2 billion for general purpose spending over the next two years, a $7.8 billion drop from the last state budget, according to figures released Monday by state...
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Texas Comptroller Says Cuts Will Not Solve Deficit
AUSTIN (AP) – The Texas comptroller told the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday that she can’t imagine solving the current budget crisis through cuts alone. Susan Combs spoke at a hearing...
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State Comptroller Raises Revenue Estimate $300 Million
AUSTIN (AP) – Comptroller Susan Combs says the state will have an additional $300 million to spend in the next budget. In a letter to lawmakers Monday, Combs said that because of improved sales taxes...
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Knowing The Ins & Outs Of The Texas Tax-Free Weekend
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – This weekend is tax-free holiday time in Texas and you can save money on back-to-school items. The sales tax holiday, that runs August 19, 20 and 21, exempts most supplies,...
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Texas Comptroller Raises $1.1 Million For Campaign
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says she’s raised $1.1 million in campaign money in the final quarter of 2011. The big haul comes two years before she the next election for comptroller,...
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New Website Helps Texans Track Taxes They Pay
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Comptroller Susan Combs has unveiled a new website to help Texans better understand whose taxing them and for how much. The site, Texas Transparency, includes an interactive...
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Texas Comptroller To Release Budget Estimate
AUSTIN (AP) — The first big number of the next Texas budget is on its way. Republican Comptroller Susan Combs on Monday releases her biennial revenue estimate — the crucial number that sets the limit...
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Perry’s Decision Will Transform Texas Politics
Governor Rick Perry (credit: Scott Eells-Pool/Getty Images) AUSTIN (AP) — No matter what Gov. Rick Perry announces on Monday, his decision will transform politics in Texas. If the state’s...
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