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.

“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 ...

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 ...