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San Antonio voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to extend the sales tax supporting Pre-K 4 SA for another 20 years. Proposition A would continue the existing one-eighth-of-one-percent sales and use tax after its authorization expires in 2029, extending funding through 2049.

The state's other biggest cities also posted slight increases in sales tax revenue from the month of August.

Data centers are no longer an emerging industry. Driven by cloud computing, crypto mining and artificial intelligence, they are spreading rapidly across Texas, and the projected cost of the tax break has climbed into the billions. On Monday, the state senate finance committee asked if it was time to end the sales tax break for data centers.

Sales tax collections are a good economic indicator of how consumers are spending.

The Texas State Comptroller on Wednesday released sales tax collection figures.

Collections for the month for San Antonio were up more than 2% compared to March of last year. More than $46 million in city sales tax revenue was returned to the city for this past March.

State Rep. Donna Howard authored a proposal this legislative session that would exempt period products — as well as additional supplies including diapers, breast pumps and maternity clothes — from sales tax.

The chief appraiser of the Bexar Appraisal District reports property appraisal protests may reach 140,000 this year as property values rise.

This November, San Antonio voters will decide whether to approve the "SA Ready to Work" initiative that would promote workforce development in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, which wiped out more than 60,000 area jobs. On San Antonians' ballots as the City's "Proposition B," it proposes a four-year program to train 40,000 residents for future in-demand jobs to provide stable careers in the post-COVID economy.

This story was updated Aug. 13 at 9:15 p.m.After approval from the City Council Thursday, San Antonio voters will decide on a temporary sales tax to fund…