/tags/texas-budget Texas Budget en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:01:00 GMT /texas/2023-12-28/texas-pot-of-money-from-unclaimed-checks-and-bank-accounts-grows-to-9-billion After a few years, money from dormant bank accounts, uncashed paychecks, unclaimed refunds and deposits all get handed over to the Texas Comptroller. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:01:00 GMT /texas/2023-12-28/texas-pot-of-money-from-unclaimed-checks-and-bank-accounts-grows-to-9-billion Sangita Menon /education/2023-06-01/austin-school-districts-budget-deficits-texas-legislature-per-student-funding Per student funding in Texas has been stagnant since 2019, and another legislative session ended this week without any increase to the basic allotment. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:12:58 GMT /education/2023-06-01/austin-school-districts-budget-deficits-texas-legislature-per-student-funding Becky Fogel /politics/2019-04-09/texas-senate-passes-budget-with-money-for-property-tax-cuts-but-no-plan-for-how-to-spend-it The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved a two-year, $248 billion spending plan that includes $2.7 billion for a nebulous goal of property tax “relief� � but� Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:57:38 GMT /politics/2019-04-09/texas-senate-passes-budget-with-money-for-property-tax-cuts-but-no-plan-for-how-to-spend-it Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune /texas/2019-01-07/texas-comptroller-gives-lawmakers-cautiously-optimistic-revenue-estimate-for-2019-session At a time when legislators are vowing to spend more money on public schools and slow the growth of Texans� property tax bills, the state should have� Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:32:29 GMT /texas/2019-01-07/texas-comptroller-gives-lawmakers-cautiously-optimistic-revenue-estimate-for-2019-session Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune /texas/2015-04-15/texas-senate-passes-two-year-budget-bill On a vote of 30-1, the Texas Senate has passed a two-year budget that would spend more than $211 billion dollars on everything from education and� Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:17:47 GMT /texas/2015-04-15/texas-senate-passes-two-year-budget-bill /texas/2015-04-01/texas-house-gives-preliminary-approval-to-budget-bill-after-hours-of-debate At 5:39 a.m. Wednesday, the Texas House gave preliminary approval of its state budget bill for 2016-2017.House lawmakers spent nearly 18 hours going� Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:47:56 GMT /texas/2015-04-01/texas-house-gives-preliminary-approval-to-budget-bill-after-hours-of-debate /texas/2015-02-03/senate-finance-panel-starts-tackling-texas-budget Members of the Texas Senate Finance Committee have begun meeting regularly to work on the state budget for the next two fiscal years.Texas has an� Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:57:07 GMT /texas/2015-02-03/senate-finance-panel-starts-tackling-texas-budget /politics/2014-11-11/bill-filings-begin-four-things-to-look-for-in-the-2015-texas-legislature It's that time of the biennium.The 84th Texas Legislature is just a few short months away, and state lawmakers are already filing their bills for the� Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:24:06 GMT /politics/2014-11-11/bill-filings-begin-four-things-to-look-for-in-the-2015-texas-legislature Ben Philpott