Fiscal Notes
A Review of the Texas Economy from the Office of Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
What's New?
Featured Stories
- Wellness Programs Bolster Business, Employee Health An Interview with Dr. Tyler Cooper
- Getting the Most from FAST Annual FAST results let you compare school performance and financial responsibility
- From Big Box to Big Books Cities, Counties Use Empty Retail Space for Libraries
- Sister Cities Link Businesses, Create Opportunities Programs Create Partners Across Boundaries
- Texas Airports Keep Economy Soaring General Aviation Supports Thousands of Texas Jobs
- The $10,000 Prize Texas universities launch low-cost degrees
- Putting the Best to Work for the Rest New Program to Garner Best Ideas in Texas Public Schools
- Oil Prices and the Texas Economy Impacts Vary with Production and Prices
- Water for Power Hot, Dry Summer Affects Electricity Markets
- Boom in the Shale Big energy find worth billions
- A Victory for Property Rights Texas Court Decision Affirms Right to Water
- An Earthquake in Financial Markets Will the European Debt Crisis Affect Texas?
- The Road to Prosperity IH-35 project improves vital economic asset
Brief Bytes
- Texas Cities Lead Nation in Growth
- Brazos, Lubbock and Randall Counties are Good Investments
- Commercial Construction on the Rebound
Archives
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Publication #96-369, October, 2012
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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FISCAL NOTES is one of the ways the Comptroller’s office strives to assist taxpayers and the people of Texas. The newsletter is a by-product of the Comptroller's constitutional responsibilities to monitor the state’s economy and to estimate state government revenues.
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