Patrick Lists 2023 Legislative Priorities
December 15, 2022
Legal Services Lieutenant Governor’s top issues include funds for county law enforcement, a new state hospital in the Panhandle and additional mental health beds in rural Texas.
A Look at Some 2024-25 State Agency Funding Requests Important to Counties
October 27, 2022
Legislative Services Requests considered during recently completed budget hearings included money for indigent defense, behavioral health and juvenile justice programs and to reduce the waitlist for state hospital beds.
Joint Budget Hearings for 2024-25 Legislative Appropriations Requests Begin
September 16, 2022
Legislative Services Staff from the Office of the Governor and the Legislative Budget Board recently began public hearings on the 2024-25 Legislative Appropriations Requests (LARs) of state agencies, higher education agencies and institutions, state courts and judicial agencies.
Comptroller Projects $27 Billion Surplus
July 28, 2022
Legislative Services Revised estimate for 2023 fiscal year follows unprecedented growth in tax revenues.
Final State Budget for the 2022-23 Biennium Tops $251.5 billion
February 24, 2022
Legislative Services Earlier this month, the Texas Legislative Budget Board released final state budget totals for the biennium that began Sept. 1.