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The financial pain from the coronavirus for state and local governments is just beginning.
State sales tax revenue in April totaled about $2.6 billion, a 9.3% decline from revenue in April 2019, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
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Read MoreThe 2020 version of South by Southwest will not happen after all.
Austin and Travis County officials said in a March 6 news conference that the festival will be canceled amid worries about the spread of the novel coronavirus.
“I’ve gone ahead and dec…
Read MoreKirk Watson is leaving the Texas Legislature.
The former Austin mayor said in a Feb. 18 announcement that he would resign from the Texas Senate for a job in academia.
Watson will become founding dean of the University of Houston Hobby School of Publi…
Read MoreThe rezoning of about 94 acres of agricultural land in this Austin suburb paves the way for a 3.8 million-square-foot Amazon warehouse, which would be nearly four times the size of the largest Amazon facility in Houston.
Read MoreThe Lone Star State has lost its No. 1 title on U-Haul’s annual ranking of the hottest states for where people are moving.
Florida topped Texas in terms of the largest ratio of U-Haul trucks entering the state versus leaving them, according to a Jan. …
Read MoreAustin’s next big sports and entertainment venue is about to begin construction.
The University of Texas at Austin hosted a Dec. 3 groundbreaking event for the Moody Center, the next University of Texas basketball arena and major events venue. The Moo…
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