As Texas gears up for a discussion of housing affordability in the 2025 legislative session, a new report from Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office has added fuel to the fire. “Texans…
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Austin City Council Approves Yet Another Record-Setting City Budget
…Austin’s. https://t.co/OqlydvuktL — Travis County GOP (@TravisGOP) August 15, 2024 The Austin City Council is hardly alone in shaking the taxpayer money tree. Travis County Commissioners voted to place an…
Austin City Council Member Proposes New Budget Plan That Avoids Raising Property Taxes
…for the Austin American-Statesman on Sunday, calling the proposed $5.9 billion budget “a missed opportunity for the City of Austin to demonstrate fiscal responsibility and our commitment to addressing affordability.”…
Austin Proposes Another Record Setting Budget
As Texas’ capital city continues to deal with a politically created affordability crisis, the city government is preparing to increase the burden. Austin’s new city manager released his proposed $5.9…
Restoring Housing Affordability to Texas
Texas’ explosive growth in recent decades has begotten newfound challenges for housing affordability as the supply of new homes has failed to keep up with demand. A panel discussion at…
2 Texases: Wealthy Bureaucrats and Struggling Taxpayers
…Travis County, where the state capitol of Austin lies. Records from the county show elected public servants there have given themselves generous raises over the course of 2016 to 2022….
Tax-hiking Cartel: Gatekeeping Property Tax Exemptions
…the Bastrop Central Appraisal District (Bastrop CAD), located roughly 33 miles southeast of Austin. In response, Bastrop CAD sent records of rejection letters they had sent to those seeking exemptions…
Austin Voters Face Nearly $3 Billion in New Debt
Amid a politically manufactured affordability crisis that has seen rent rates and property taxes skyrocketing, taxing jurisdictions in Texas’ capital city are pouring gasoline on an already raging inferno. Austin…
Socialist Austin City Councilman Wins Democrat Nomination for Congress
…babies, with Casar fighting against Texas’ new life-saving Heartbeat Act and even saying more abortions will make Austin a “safer and better place to live.” “The people of Austin will…
AOC Endorses Socialist Austin City Councilman in Democrat Congressional Primary
As self-proclaimed socialist and former Austin City Councilman Greg Casar attempts to fail upwards into a congressional seat, he has found a new ally: https://twitter.com/GregCasar/status/1488225572018925585 That the far-left Democrat U.S….