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Charges Dropped Against Two Former Harris County Judge Staffers
The two were charged with misuse of official information and tampering with government records.
Corsicana Councilman Proposes DOGE-Style City Committee
Councilman Chris Woolsey said too many locally elected officials point fingers rather than fix problems.
Austin To Consider Increase to Vagrancy Budget
The Austin City Council is set to consider a resolution that declares vagrancy a “top financial priority.”
Tarrant County Judge Concerned with Fort Worth ISD’s Student Achievement
During the commissioners’ discussion about a contract between the district and a juvenile justice program, Judge Tim O’Hare expressed concern with Fort Worth ISD.
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Waco to Expand Down-Payment Assistance Program
Waco City Housing and Economic Development Director Melett Harrison has proposed expanding the city’s maximum down-payment assistance from $14,999 to $25,000. This assistance is offered in the form of a forgivable loan, which is fully-funded by the U.S. Department of...
13 Compete to Replace Caraway on Dallas City Council
Thirteen candidates will be on the November 6 ballot to fill the Dallas City Council District 4 seat vacated by disgraced former Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, who resigned August 9 after pleading guilty to federal public corruption charges. As of the August 23 filing...
School Uses Shady Tactics to Pass Property Tax Swap
A North Texas school district used a slew of controversial tactics to pass a property tax rate change in a low-turnout special election Saturday. Lancaster Independent School District’s tax rate “swap and drop” proposition passed by a 68- to 32-percent margin. Only...
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...
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...
Company Turns Down Millions in Economic Incentive Deal
It’s not often a company turns down and, especially, gives back free money. But in an unprecedented move guided by “conscience,” Alex Fairly, President of Fairly Consulting Group in Amarillo, did just that. On Wednesday, Fairly told Amarillo Economic Development...
Local Taxpayer Seeks Injunction Against Amarillo Ballpark
Amarillo’s city council and economic development corporation are facing a lawsuit that could halt the construction of a multimillion-dollar ballpark downtown. The petition for injunction, filed Tuesday by Amarillo taxpayer Claudette Smith, alleges that the City of...