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Texas budget writers will be helped again by a large budget surplus

Tue, 01/21/2025 - 10:02pm

Earlier this week, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that he expects $194.6 billion of state revenue to be available for general-purpose spending in the fiscal 2026-27 biennium. This biennial revenue estimate is an important step in the continuous two-year state budget process and gives initial funding parameters to House and Senate budget writers for the legislative session now underway.

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Tue, 01/21/2025 - 10:02pm

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‘Freedom Writers’ movie, book show magic of putting pen to pad

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 9:32pm

“You’re smarter than that.” Those were the first words that rang in my head when I missed my mark of having this article in last week’s Advance and wanted to toss this idea like a torn page from a notebook. But it’s also one of the phrases that is personally remembered from my freshman English teacher.