Without a change, the system “will likely fail again” when the next round of campaign finance reports are due in October, commission leaders warned in a July...
overwhelmed state servers last month, the Texas Ethics Commission wants three-quarters of a million dollars to upgrade its aging technology ahead of the midterm elections.
Last week, commission leaders wrote to top state budget writers asking for $756,000 in emergency funds to transition the filing system to the cloud. The request was made to the state’s Legislative Budget Board, a panel of 10 key lawmakers who can move money around when the Legislature is not in session.
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