Texas should prioritize investing in infrastructure, expanding broadband and raising teacher pay with its historic budget surplus, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Monday at a Texas Tribune event.
have already said they want to use the surplus on property tax relief; other state officials and advocates have called for the surplus to be used on public education or the power grid.
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