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Sheldon Adelson’s gambling empire pushes forward with the goal to bring casinos to Texas
Las Vegas Sands has hired 51 lobbyists to push for the expansion of gambling in Texas.
December 21, 2020 Featured, Finance, Food & Health, Hill Country News, Lifestyle, Texas PoliticsCasinos, Comptroller Glenn Hegar, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Legislature 2020
Analyzing 2020: The pandemic recession in Texas
We've selected some Texas Tribune columns from 2020 on the recession and the budget.
Texas sales tax collections went up in July — and were higher than one year ago
Texas collected $2.98 billion in sales tax revenue in July — 4.3% more than in July 2019. Comptroller Glenn Hegar said the number was "better than expected."
Texas faces a looming $4.6 billion deficit, comptroller projects
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr. By Cassandra Pollock at Texas Tribune, July 20, 2020 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered bleak but unsurprising news Monday: Because of the economic fallout triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the amount of general revenue available for the state’s current two-year budget is projected to be roughly $11.5 billion less than […]
