AUSTIN — After Republican state lawmakers sabotaged the effort earlier this year, the Texas House of Representatives now has another opportunity to safeguard young women in Texas. On Tuesday, the Texas House Public Education Committee is scheduled to meet and consider...
Dallas City Council has approved their agenda for the 2021 Texas Legislature, which notably excludes citizen concerns, such as lowering property taxes. A fight among council members also revealed how they organize when unforeseen issues arise in the state Capitol....
After hearing unified public opposition to increasing the tax burden on citizens already struggling from months of government-ordered shutdowns, officials in a North Texas city postponed laying the groundwork for setting a substantially higher property tax rate—an...
Another North Texas city is considering using the Chinese coronavirus disaster as an excuse to bypass property tax reform and hit local taxpayers extra-hard while they’re down. Waxahachie City Councilmember Melissa Olson warned constituents this weekend that a...
With the state lawmakers passing legislation to offer voters more control over skyrocketing property taxes, one Central Texas city council is attempting to cash in by bilking citizens ahead of the law’s effective date next year. The city council of Hutto, an...
Legislation to slow the growth of skyrocketing property taxes in Texas has officially been signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, though one absence from the bill’s signing is raising eyebrows. With an Austin hamburger restaurant burdened by increasing property taxes...
After a months-long standoff, legislation to allow taxpayers to have a say on property tax increases has passed in the Texas Senate, with every Democrat member and Republican State Sen. Kel Seliger (Amarillo) opposing the measure. Senate Bill 2, filed by State Sen....
According to Pflugerville City Council, they shouldn’t have to ask citizens for permission to take more of their money. Doing so really “ties their hands.”City council has been adamantly opposed to the new statewide property tax reform proposal currently being...
Austinites, according to your city council, you’re still not paying enough in taxes.At a recent city meeting, the council discussed preliminary numbers for next year’s budget, one of which included property taxes. As of now, they’re planning to take an additional 5.5...
Boerne city officials have made their stance very clear: they don’t want citizens to have more power over their own taxes. Recently, Boerne officials sent an email to two state representatives expressing their disdain of the new statewide property tax reform. The...
Austinites, your city officials are using millions of your dollars on a troubling project: ensuring you have less control over your own money. Austin City Council has employed an expensive team of lobbyists who are assigned the task of swaying state and federal...
Should Travis County citizens be given more power to decide what to do with their own money? Their county judge says no.On Wednesday, County Judge Sarah Eckhardt testified in opposition to property tax reform legislation currently being proposed at the Texas...
Two West Texas county commissioners are taking an unusual stand: siding with taxpayers over government interests.County Commissioners Chad Seay and Jason Corley, Lubbock’s newly elected officials, recently advocated for giving Texans more power over their own property...
Should Austinites be given more power to decide what to do with their own money? The mayor says that wouldn’t be “appropriate.” On Wednesday, Austin Mayor Steve Adler testified in opposition to property tax reform legislation currently being proposed at the Texas...
Should Pflugerville citizens be given more power to decide what to do with their own money? City council says absolutely not. Tuesday night, Pflugerville City Council voted to oppose a new statewide property tax reform currently being proposed at the state Capitol....
As property tax reform legislation moves through both chambers, some rural lawmakers are trying to ensure the majority of Texans have less control over their skyrocketing property tax rates.House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 were announced early in the legislative session...
Odessa City Council members plan to vote on a resolution opposing property tax reform at Tuesday’s city council meeting, a move that confirms their opposition to giving taxpayers more control over their property taxes. Two identical bills in the Texas Legislature,...
A false story which suggested that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was receiving a sweetheart deal on his property tax bill is shining even more light on the fake news media and their penchant for throwing facts aside to attack conservatives. Last week, the Houston Chronicle ran...
Over the past four years, McKinney residents have watched as their property taxes—city, county, community college, and public school tax bills—skyrocketed some 20 to 40 percent or more. We were left to either fight the appraisal increases or await the next opportunity...
It’s no secret that property taxes are out of control for many Texans, myself included. But what bothers me most is how local government officials and lobbyists are opposing new tax reforms that would empower citizens—and even worse, we have to pay them to work...
