Hinojosa, Hegar Ride On to the Sunset

Lt. Gov.'s selections changes tone of state agency oversight committee.

"...the Sunset Advisory Commission: Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, and Glenn Hegar, R-Katy. Hinojosa's name is no shock: He's been..."

Jan. 9, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: May 2

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Jeff Leach grabs and goes, Glenn Hegar wonders about roses with other names, and the..."

May 2, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Carona Says Filibuster About Process, Not Vengeance

Watson blasts local-option opponents as "bumper-sticker arguments"

"...the conference committee removed it. Carona angrily accused Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, of bad-faith dealing with the committee to..."

May 31, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

UPDATED: Senate Passes House Bill 2

Rejected amendments, dramatic speeches, and finally a vote

"...Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and the bill's sponsor, Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy (he wrote an identical version, SB 1,..."

July 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Mad Men: Senate Votes to Impose New Abortion Limits

Senate GOP votes to impose new abortion limits

"...Bill"); that provision was withdrawn by its author, Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy...."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

What Now? What Next?

With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts

"...actually responded to the survey. On the Senate floor, Hegar insisted that a majority of Texas abortion doctors have..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: United Defense of the Fetus

Campaign to end abortion is a national crusade

"...anti-abortion bill (HB 2), the bill's sponsor, Katy Republican Glenn Hegar (author of the Senate companion), was asked if..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Mad Men

Senate GOP votes to impose new abortion limits

"...Bill"); that provision was withdrawn by its author, Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy...."

June 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Ken Paxton Blocks Payment to Formerly Incarcerated Man Declared Innocent

Declared innocent, Alfred Dewayne Brown has appealed for compensation due to unjust imprisonment

"...since agreed he did not commit. When Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar prepared to release a compensatory payment to Brown..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Comptroller Gives Legislature More Money to Spend

But don’t go crazy y’all

"...Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar, the most normal dude in the state GOP..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Tough Balance

The Lege's budget standoff stumbles forward

"...roughly $106 billion), but since both proposals outstrip Comptroller Glenn Hegar's revenue forecast, the two sides need to bridge..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Feels Ripple Effects From Green Investment Ban

Blocking environmentally minded investment is harder than it may seem

"...Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is trying, though. Last month, he announced that..."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Isabel Maney

Abortion Regs Hearing: Déjá Vu All Over Again

Same players, same testimony

"...omnibus measure, including the pain ban, proposed by Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy. Hegar was unfazed; looking at court decisions..."

June 14, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...in general revenue over the 2024-25 biennium, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Monday. The unprecedented 26% increase from the..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature

Voting Rights, Other GOP-Aligned Measures Back in the Crosshairs for Special Session

More red meat as Abbott puts the Lege into overtime

"...on property tax relief, foster care, and cybersecurity. (Comptroller Glenn Hegar released a revenue estimate on Wednesday that gives..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...don't go crazy. That's been the guidance from Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who increased his revenue estimate by nearly $3..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Election Coverage: The Texas Lege: A Tight Squeeze

Texas Dems put incumbents through the wringer

"...Davis. Relatively popular and uncontroversial incumbents such as Comptroller Glenn Hegar, Land Commissioner George P. Bush, and Railroad Commissioner..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Comptroller

It's all about the money

"...in his primary, the state's tax collector and accountant Glenn Hegar faces Democratic opposition in November's general election from..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines – The Texas Legislature: Not Enron

Passing a state budget when one side’s “cooking the books”

"...a budget. That's a tough challenge this biennium; Comptroller Glenn Hegar has given lawmakers only $104.9 billion in his..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Files Challenge Lawsuit Against TCAD

Claims current property appraisal system is unconstitutional

"...Central Appraisal District, commercial property owners, and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, challenging the current property appraisal system as unconstitutional...."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Fate of School Finance Delayed

A new timeline to sort out school finance may push resolution to 2016

"...(in this case, Commissioner of Education Michael Williams, Comptroller Glenn Hegar, the State Board of Educa­tion, and the Texas..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lege Stirs Into Action

And the member shuffle continues

"...byproduct of the Nov. 4 general election. Republican Sen. Glenn Hegar was only halfway through his four-year term representing..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Putting the Trust in Event Trust Funds?

Mike Collier, COTA, and the comptroller's scandal

"...whose corrupt policies would almost surely be continued under Glenn Hegar, the GOP candidate for the job...."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: All the King's Horses

Moving toward fairness on property taxes

"...By contrast, Collier's Republican opponent, Glenn Hegar, has proposed instead replacing property taxes with an..."

July 25, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...(from London), whistle-blower Edward Snowden (Moscow), and the Intercept's Glenn Greenwald (Rio). Hackles were rising all over D.C. Who's..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature

Point Austin: Primarily Texas

Musings on the day after a frozen vote

"...catch Paxton in the run-off). Similarly, the ideologically purist Glenn Hegar (49%) is the de facto nominee for comptroller..."

March 7, 2014 News Column by Michael King

'The Fight for the Future ... Is Just Beginning'

After weeks of drama, sweeping abortion restrictions pass the Lege

"...Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and the bill's sponsor, Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy (author of SB 1, the Senate companion),..."

July 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Senate Passes House Bill 2

July 12, 2013. 20 photos.

"...Sen. Glenn Hegar, facing camera, debates the merits of the bill..."

July 15, 2013 Photo Gallery

Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

The GOP does battle for a government of men, not laws

"...but more likely for political expediency – Katy Sen. Glenn Hegar's SB 5 dropped the fetal pain provision to..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines

The Lege looks at campus guns, the Rainy Day Fund, and the West explosion

"...vehicles if parked in a campus parking lot. Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, said this was simply leveling the playing..."

May 3, 2013 News Column by Richard Whittaker

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