Entries for October 2007
TYC to review overtime pay for guardsOctober 31, 2007
The Texas Youth Commission will temporarily halt overtime payments for correctional officers while it reviews how the agency spent more than half of its annual overtime budget in September, officials said.
The state’s juvenile prison system spent ab...
State leaders working to preserve tax breakOctober 31, 2007
From Staff Reports
Comptroller Susan Combs and Texas Congressman Kevin Brady want to preserve a tax deduction that saves Texans more than $1 billion per year on their federal income tax. A law allowing Texans who file itemized federal income tax ret...
Fed expected to cut rates to help economyOctober 31, 2007
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut an important interest rate this week, a move designed to help the economy get through the stresses of a painful housing slump and credit crunch.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his central bank colleagues plan to...
TYC to review overtime pay for guardsOctober 31, 2007
The Texas Youth Commission will temporarily halt overtime payments for correctional officers while it reviews how the agency spent more than half of its annual overtime budget in September, officials said.
The state’s juvenile prison system spent ab...
State leaders working to preserve tax breakOctober 31, 2007
From Staff Reports
Comptroller Susan Combs and Texas Congressman Kevin Brady want to preserve a tax deduction that saves Texans more than $1 billion per year on their federal income tax. A law allowing Texans who file itemized federal income tax ret...