After backlash, Texas comptroller abandons plan to hide details of controversial tax break program
FOIFT2022-01-31T15:42:53-06:00By Mike Morris, John Tedesco Houston Chronicle Originally published Jan. 28, 2022 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is backing away from a proposal to reduce the information his office collects on the state’s largest corporate incentive program amid an avalanche of criticism from Texans concerned about the future cost to the state. Hundreds of residents and some lawmakers submitted comments on the proposal after Hegar’s office made it public in November - and nearly all of them opposed the idea. “I’m not going to adopt it as proposed,” Hegar said Friday. “The data that people are concerned about or want is still [...]