AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $744.2 million in local sales tax allocations for July, 2.6 percent less than in July 2019. These allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly. Widespread social distancing requirements were relaxed across much of the state in May, thus year-over-year declines were not as steep as they were last month. And in case you're interested in how other Texas cities compared for the same reporting period, July 2019 vs. July 2020, Austin was down 10.81 percent, Brownsville ...