The Texas Legislature will consider a wide variety of topics during this regular session. Public education and health care are expected to top the agenda, with a variety of other important topics, such as tax policy, corrections management, and the financing of transportation and water planning projects, expected to feature prominently in discussions. A total […]
Energy Boom = Road Bust
Counties Seek Solutions as Roadways Crumble It’s not every day that county government makes the Wall Street Journal. However, on July 27 one of the country’s largest newspapers shared with its readership the emerging plight of Texas counties both blessed and challenged by the oil and gas industry. DeWitt County Judge Daryl Fowler was quoted […]
County Indigent Health Care Programs Tap Into State Funds
82nd Legislature Slashes Funding Eleven Texas counties received approximately $2.68 million in state matching funds in 2011 to help offset the cost of indigent health care, according to the latest Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) spending data report. The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 […]
County Indigent Health Care Programs Tap Into State Funds
Training Sessions Open to County Judges, Commissioners A dozen Texas counties received approximately $2.27 million in state matching funds in 2009 to help offset the cost of indigent health care, according to the latest Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) spending data report. The Indigent […]
Texas Legislature Funds Round V of the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program
Funding for Round V of the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program is included in the appropriations bill passed in the recent legislative session. The 80th Texas Legislature included $62 million in bond funding for the THC’s nationally recognized Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program. Funding will be made available after a November […]
