AUSTIN - Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $925.1 million in local sales tax allocations for September, 20.9 percent more than in September 2020. These allocations are based on sales made in July by businesses that report tax monthly. In case you're interested in how other Texas cities compared for the same reporting period, July 2020 vs. July 2021, Austin was up 27.80 percent, Brownsville up 28.83 percent, Dallas up 26.03 percent, El Paso up 19.90 percent, Houston up 19.15 percent, Laredo up 20.17 percent, and San Antonio up ...