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The City of Odessa continues to see increases in its sales tax checks from the state. Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said Wednesday in a release that state sales tax revenue in April was $2.15 billion, up 3.9 percent compared to April 2012. "Sales ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — The Texas Supreme Court this month ordered state Comptroller Susan Combs to refund hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales tax that a company paid on plush toy prizes used to stock its coin-operated amusement ...

Sales tax revenue remains ahead of pace in 2013 despite a topsy-turvy month. Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs announced recently that state sales tax revenue in March was $1.98 billion, up 5.5 percent compared to March 2012. Orange County, which ...

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today reminded business owners that April 15 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. To render is to list the taxable inventory, furniture and fixtures, machinery and ...

The unemployment rate in Johnson County for March 2013 was 6.1 percent, according to numbers released this week by the Texas Workforce Commission. Johnson County's unemployment was up just a tenth of a percentage point from 6.0 percent in February.

AUSTIN — The Texas Senate voted Thursday to put new limits on tax-fueled state trust funds that have spent millions of dollars to help lure sports competitions and conventions to San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and other Texas cities. This is to ...

Good morning Austin. Good morning Texas. It is hard to fathom, but this week, which began with the terrible events in Boston on Monday, got much worse yesterday with the explosion of the fertilizer plant in the little community of West, just ...

AUSTIN - Texas lawmakers under pressure from educators to restore billions of dollars cut from public schools two years ago are responding in an ever-bigger way. The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Thursday to boost funding for ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - MARCH 14: Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) March 14, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland. A slate of important conserative leaders are slated to speak during the the ...