Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo recently floated holding a tax rate election to help bridge a projected $270 million budget gap. If approved by voters, officials could raise the property tax rate by ...
Texas leads the nation with its effective property tax rate, according to a recent report by Redfin. San Antonio is among the highest within the state, only beat out by one other metro area: Austin.
At the urging of Mayor John Whitmire, the city council voted to not increase property taxes. The move comes as the city faces ...
“I have grave concerns that municipalities across Texas have blatantly violated the law in an attempt to crank up people’s property taxes,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. Recently adopted ...
As public schools grapple with budget deficits, five Austin-area districts propose tax rate increases to close the gap. What ...
The House refused to back a bill that would apply only to the state’s largest cities. Texas Republicans have reached an impasse on a bill that would limit cities from raising revenue from property ...
AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is looking to roll back the ability for cities and counties to raise property tax rates to fund disaster recovery. Senate Bill 10 seeks to limit the ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Data from the Texas Comptroller’s Office shows the Lubbock County tax rate adopted in 2024 for the current fiscal year is the 194th highest out of 254. This isn’t an ...
Texas Republicans have reached an impasse on a bill that would limit cities from raising revenue from property taxes above a certain threshold each year. (Shelby Tauber For The Texas Tribune, Shelby ...