Selected Grant Opportunities for Texas Counties
December 15, 2023
Legislative Services Many state and federal grant opportunities are available to Texas counties. Here is a select number open to applicants.
December 15, 2023
Legislative Services Recent Attorney General opinions and requests for opinions of interest to counties.
December 15, 2023
Legislative Services A selected list of recent county-relevant news articles.
Budget Writers Make Limited Progress; Funding Important to Counties Reported
May 19, 2023
Legislative Services Allocations adopted for county rural law enforcement grant program and indigent defense and mental health funding. Final 2024-25 budget remains pending.
Conference Committee Meets to Discuss 2024-25 Budget
April 28, 2023
Legislative Services TAC details differences in county funding between House and Senate versions of the two-year appropriations bill.
Senate Finance Committee Passes Supplemental Budget Bill
March 10, 2023
Legislative Services Here are some of the highlights for counties in the Senate's version of the supplemental appropriations bill for the 2022-23 biennium.
Legislative Budget Board Posts Initial Decision Documents for House, Senate
March 02, 2023
Legislative Services Here are some specific agency requests of interest to counties.
Senate Finance Committee Announces Workgroups, House Appropriations Subcommittees Begin Meeting
February 24, 2023
Legislative Services The workgroups and the subcommittees will develop and submit funding recommendations to the full committees.
CMRC focuses on relevant county issues
February 13, 2023
Annual conference to be held in Round Rock and online
Texas counties struggle with lack of juvenile detention space
February 13, 2023
Staffing shortages contribute to scramble for available beds to house arrested youths.