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News Release: Interview with Texas Monthly Evan Smith, April 15, 2008
April 15, 2008

Listen to Susan talk in an interview with Texas Monthly about the factors keeping Texas’ economy strong.

News Headline: Cornyn discusses open government proposal
January 15, 2008
AUSTIN — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced plans Tuesday to push for federal legislation to make government spending information more accessible to the public, much like what Comptroller Susan Combs has done in Texas.  Read More...

News Headline: Editorial: ‘Where the Money Goes’ for Texans
December 14, 2007
Ever wonder exactly where your tax dollars go that fund Texas government? State Comptroller Susan Combs, charged with safeguarding Texans’ hard-earned tax dollars, now has the information available for public perusal on the agency’s Web site.  Read More...

News Headline: Comptroller lobbies Congress for sales tax deduction
October 30, 2007
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs is lobbying Congress to keep tax legislation in place that would allow Texans to continue deducting state and local sales taxes on federal income tax returns.  Read More...

News Headline: Editorial: Finally, Texans can see ‘Where the Money Goes’
October 27, 2007
Transparency and access to information are essential in the battle against government waste. When citizens can see how their tax dollars are being spent, lawmakers and bureaucrats are less likely to act carelessly or unethically on public expenditures.  Read More...

News Headline: Web makes spending transparent to public
September 26, 2007
The Web address – www.window.state.tx.us – for the state comptroller’s office is appropriate for the work Susan Combs does.  Read More...

News Headline: Combs right to push for state transparency
July 23, 2007
During last year’s campaign, Susan Combs promised to make state government more transparent if Texas voters would elect her as the state’s comptroller. In an age when campaign promises are often broken, we applaud Combs for following through on this pledge.  Read More...

News Headline: Pork Project
June 22, 2007
Within days of taking office in January, she’d listed her department’s spending “down to the pencil category” and by May was offering information for dozens of other state agencies. Her Web site runs the gamut, from the state’s commission on environmental quality to its employees’ retirement system, and includes data on everything from salaries to travel bills. The legislature, meanwhile, also rushed to get some good-government kudos from voters, and the bill Gov. Perry signed last week requires spending information from all state agencies, as well as state contracts and grants.  Read More...

News Headline: Comptroller Wants To Help Citizens Retain Jobs
June 17, 2007
The Texas Comptroller’s Office is looking outside of Texas for ideas to help the state’s economy, Comptroller Susan Combs said in a visit Wednesday morning with Tyler business leaders.  Read More...

News Headline: Combs tells city leaders office stands ready to help
June 16, 2007
While visiting with business and community leaders Thursday, state Comptroller Susan Combs asked how she and her staff could help them. ‘’We think we can do a lot for you, with you,’’ Combs said.  Read More...