Are You Owed a Tax Refund You Never Claimed?
Every spring, the IRS announces that it is holding more than a billion dollars in refunds that taxpayers never claimed,...
The Navy Scrapped $1.3 Billion in Ships. Here’s the Texas Taxpayer Angle
Texas families send a lot of money to the Pentagon. The state has a deep defense footprint, big Army and...
How Much Tesla, Samsung and Others Got to Build in Texas
Drive past the Tesla plant near Del Valle or the Samsung complex rising in Taylor, and you are looking at...
Where Wages Are Rising Fastest in Texas
Galveston and Montgomery counties currently top the list. Both posted a 5.9 percent over-the-year gain in average weekly wages, the...
Who Stops Getting Paid in Texas During a Shutdown
A TSA screener at Dallas-Fort Worth International will still show up for her shift if the federal government shuts down....
Where to Find Texas Government Salaries and Spending Online
Wondering how much your school superintendent earns, which company won a state contract, or where your city's money went last...
How to Read Your Texas City Budget
Every year, your city council votes on a document that decides how many police patrol your neighborhood, how often your...
A Contractor Billed $800 an Hour for Unfinished Work in Texas
The invoice said $800 an hour. The badge reader at the door said nobody had shown up. That gap, between...
How Class-Action Settlement Payouts Actually Work
A headline announces a "$100 million settlement," and a Texas reader files a claim picturing a sizable check. Months later,...
Open Class-Action Settlements Texans Can Claim Now
Right now, Amazon is mailing checks to Prime subscribers over how the company handled sign-ups and cancellations. Grubhub is paying...
The Federal Spending Wire tracks how federal, state, and local government spending actually lands on Texas households — property taxes, utility bills, benefits, jobs, and the tax dollars flowing through Washington and Austin alike. Every figure is sourced to the public record, so you can see exactly where your money went.