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2018

• Initial State Budget Hearings Underway - Sept. 7
• Comptroller Expecting $2.7 Billion more in State Revenue - Aug. 3

2017

• $5.3 Billion Used to Certify the State Budget for 2018-19​​ - Oct. 27
• State Budget Highlights: Impact on Counties - Jan. 27
• Comptroller Releases State Revenue Estimate for 85th Legislature - Jan. 13

2016

• The State's  Budget, Part III: What to Say - June 30
• House Appropriations Addresses Diversion of Dedicated Funds - June 2
• The State's Budget, Part II: Who to Ask - May 6
• The State's Budget, Part I: When to Ask - March 3

2015

• Texas Lawmakers Approve $209 Billion State Budget for the 2016-17 Biennium - June 2
• House and Senate Send Budgets to Conference Committee - April 23
• House Proposed State Budget Impact on Counties - March 31
• Mark-up Continues on the State Budget - March 12
• TAC Analyzes State Budget Impact on Counties - Feb. 13
• Summary of Selected General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts Affecting County Government - Feb. 6
• Senate Releases its Proposed Budget for 2016-2017 - Jan. 20
• House Releases its Proposed Budget for 2016-2017 - Jan. 23

2014

• Overview of Major State Costs - Dec. 19
• State's Spending Cap Adoption - Dec. 19
• Speaker Strauss Calls for Budget Reforms - Sept. 5
• Collection of Consolidated Court Cost Fees - May 2
• Final Analysis of the State Budget 2014-15 - Mar 28
• Another Record Month for the State Sales Tax - Jan. 31 

2013

• Report Details How Dedicated Funds Help Balance State Budget - Oct. 25
• State Sales Tax Collections Up 9.1% in June - July 26
• Judicial Compensation Increase to Impact Counties - June 27
• Lawmakers Approve $197 Billion State Budget - May 31
• Conferees Adopt a State Budget - May 24
• Supplemental Appropriations Bill Passes the House - May 3
• Two Key Appropriations Bills are on the Move - May 3
• State Budget Conference Committee Appointed - April 26 
• TAC Analyzes of Both Version of the State Budgets - April 5   
• Bills Aims to Reduce State’s Reliance on Dedicated Accounts - March 28
• TAC Analyzes Proposed State Budget Impact on Counties - March 22
• Senate Finance Committee Passes its Version of the State Budget - March 15
• The Effect of Sequestration on Texas - March 8
• Another Supplemental Appropriations Bill Filed - Feb. 22  
• House Appropriations Committee Passes Emergency Appropriations Bill - Feb.15
• Bills Filed to Address Diversions of Dedicated Funds - Feb. 8 
• TAC Analyzes State Budget Impact on Counties - Jan. 25
• State Budget: House and Senate Reduce Overall Spending - Jan. 18

2012

• Preview of Next Year’s Baseline State Budget Document - Dec. 20
• Straus Selects New Interim Committee on General Dedicated Accounts - Oct. 19
• State Sales tax Collections Continue to Exceed Expectations - Sept. 20
• Speaker Straus Wants to End the Practice of Fund Consolidation - Jul. 19
• State Sales Tax Continues to Improve – Feb. 19

2011

• State Sales Tax Collections Hit Monthly Record - Dec. 15
• State Sales Tax: Collections are Up - Sep. 9
• SB 2 Provides Additional State Funding for 2012-13 - Jul. 28
• Conferees Adopt HB 1 - May 27
• Almost Finalized: Conference Committee Report on HB 1 - May 20
• Budget: Conference Committee to Resolve Differences - May 13
• Senate Passes its Version of State Budget - May 5    
• Compared: House and Senate Budgets - Apr. 29
• Senate Version of Budget Seeks to Restore Some Funding - Apr. 21
• House Adopts State Budget - Apr. 8
• Dedicated Funds for General Revenue to be Reclassified - Apr. 1
• Update: House Chamber Takes up State Budget - Mar. 25
• The State Budget: What Happens Next - Mar. 18
• State Budget Reduces overall Spending by 16.6 Percent - Jan. 21
• Comptroller Releases State Revenue Estimates - Jan. 14 

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• Legislative Budget Board (LBB)
• House Research Organization (HRO)
• Texas Legislature Online (TLO)