AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he would send cities, counties, transit systems, and special-purpose taxing districts $1.06 billion in local sales tax allocations for May—28.4 percent more than in May 2020 and 21.9 percent more than in May 2019.

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding families and businesses that they can save on the purchase of certain water- and energy-efficient products during the state’s water-efficient products and ENERGY STAR® sales tax holidays.

Over half of eligible Texans vaccinated More than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Texas as of last week, fully covering more than half of eligible Texans 12 and older. Gov.

Opening arguments were presented before a jury in Hemphill County’s 31st District Courtroom last Tuesday, May 4, in a lawsuit filed against North Plains Electric Cooperative in relation to the March 6, 2017 wildfire that burned approximately 320,000 acres of grassland in Ochiltree, Lipscomb, and Hemphill counties.