ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Analysis: A swelling Texas treasury gives 2022 hopefuls room for big ideas

As the political season starts, the contestants got an unexpected bit of good news: The state comptroller says the next Legislature will start with almost $25 billion in the state treasury. Expensive campaign promises just got a lot easier to make.

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Posted 11/22/21

According to the state comptroller, Texas is heading into an election year with projections that more than $24 billion will be left over at the end of the current budget, in spite of a pandemic that …

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