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Facts or Fake News?
This commentary originally appeared in an episode of Texas Scorecard Radio. In response to President Donald Trump’s continued criticism of the news media, a chorus of newspaper editorial boards recently denounced his comments as destructive to democracy. But are their...
City of Parker Proposes Double-Digit Property Tax Increase
The City of Parker has proposed a two-cent increase in the city’s property tax rate for 2018. While this is a 5-percent increase in the rate, it amounts to an 11-percent increase in what taxpayers will pay to the city, when compared to last year. Since homeowners have...
Grand Jury Finds Travis Tax Office ‘Facilitated Theft’
The Travis County Tax Office has recently faced four employee arrests, two indictments, and a multiagency fraud investigation—but that’s only been the beginning. On Thursday, a grand jury released a report detailing the disturbing situation that has unfolded at the...
US Attorney Directs RPT Criminal Complaint Against Gallego
Questions are flying at Pete Gallego—the feds on one side and voters on the other—and he has no way out. In early August, the Republican Party of Texas sued Pete Gallego, a former Democrat congressman and state lawmaker running in the special election to replace...
Democrat Lawmaker Wants Role in Selecting Next Speaker
A returning Democrat state legislator wants to play kingmaker in the selection of the next Speaker of the Texas House. Trey Martinez Fischer, who served in the House from 2000-2017, made a failed bid for the Texas Senate, and will rejoin the Texas House in 2019, sent...
The Woodlands Township Lowers Tax Rate
The Woodlands Township Board of Directors has voted to lower the tax rate, giving property owners some much needed relief. At their August 22 meeting, the board voted to adopt a budget of $124.2 million for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The board lowered the ad valorem tax...
Confusion: Harris County Voter Registrar Wrongly Suspends Voters
What’s going on at the Harris County Voter Registrar’s office? Harris County officials wrongly suspended the registrations of over 1,700 voters whose addresses they’re in the process of verifying, creating a firestorm of confusion and partisan finger-pointing this...
Collin College Raising Taxes to Pay for Bond Debt
Collin County’s community college district is raising taxes on residents, and that has some local taxpayers seeing red. Collin College trustees want to raise the district’s property tax rate for 2018 to $0.081222 per $100 of taxable assessed value — less than a penny...
Texas Wins Obamacare Tax Lawsuit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is celebrating a court ruling that will recover over $300 million for Texas taxpayers. The original lawsuit, filed by Texas and five other states against the federal government in October of 2015, fought against an Obama-era...