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The Texas Comptroller's Office is working to create an online marketplace to distribute the ESA funds and facilitate the transactions between families and private education providers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/10/01/532355/texas-comptroller-provides-rollout-details-on-states-online-creates-education-savings-account-marketplace/

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Texas Comptroller provides rollout details on state’s online creates education savings account marketplace

Hancock said the website will “be ready to go in January" but further details about the program’s rollout remain unclear, and the exact dates of the enrollment period, the name of the website, and the specific documentation required to apply have yet to be announced.

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Houston Public Media Oct 1

Texas is now taxing sellers on sites like EBay, Poshmark, and Etsy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/01/532331/texas-starts-taxing-seller-fees-on-sites-like-ebay-poshmark-and-etsy/

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Texas starts taxing seller fees on sites like eBay, Poshmark and Etsy

Small sellers say the new tax on fees cuts into already thin margins while the comptroller argues state law requires online marketplaces be taxed like any other data processor.

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Houston Public Media Mar 27, 2025

Carole Keeton, a trailblazing Texas politician who was the first woman elected for the role of state comptroller, died Wednesday. She was 85.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/03/27/517019/carole-keeton-strayhorn-first-woman-to-serve-as-texas-comptroller-dies-at-85/

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