AUSTIN - Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $790.3 million tax allocations in local sales for December, 3.7 percent less than in December 2019. These allocations are based on sales made in October by businesses that report tax monthly. And in case you're interested in how other Texas cities compared for the same reporting period, December 2019 vs. December 2020, Austin was up .75 percent, Brownsville down 6.65 percent, Dallas down 8.30 percent, El Paso down 0.54 percent, Houston down 12.14 percent, Laredo down 5.36 percent, and San Antonio down ...