Episode 84: Tony McDonald goes around the state to check in with Texas Scorecard local bureaus to find out what happened in the recent local elections in their area. Also, Brandon Waltens gives us an update on the 86th Texas Legislature. Tracy Marshall from...
Kara Belew from Texas Public Policy Foundation stopped by the 1836 Studios to discuss taxes and school finance reform with Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn...
While lawmakers in both chambers of the Texas Legislature are working on property tax plans that offer some small amount of actual relief to the average homeowner, legislation filed in the Texas House could offer homeowners significant savings. But the tax swap comes...
Citizens of Frisco ISD elect a School Board to represent them in the execution of, among their other duties, fiduciary responsibility over their hard-earned tax dollars. The state has given the board expansive power to levy taxes. But when the administration...
Lancaster Independent School District is following in the footsteps of nearby Cedar Hill ISD in calling for a tax rate “swap and drop” election. Unfortunately for taxpayers, LISD has been deceptive in its presentation, its promotional literature leaves questions...
If voters approve Azle Independent School District’s proposed tax rate “Penny Swap” in the September 8 tax ratification election, the district will indeed get more money from the state — just know you are also voting for a backdoor tax increase that will raise your...
In a tactic some are calling “hide the vote,” another North Texas school district that needs voter approval for a proposed property tax rate change is holding a summer special election — just weeks before the November general election. Keller Independent School...
Cedar Hill Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted on June 11 to set a new property tax rate, which will require approval from voters. The board chose to hold the election on a special date in September, rather than on the uniform election date in...
A North Texas school district that needs voter approval for a proposed property tax rate change is using controversial tactics to help ensure its passage. Lancaster Independent School District is asking voters for a 13-cent increase in its maintenance and operations...
Add Azle to the list of Metroplex-area school districts calling for a property tax rate increase that requires local voters’ approval. Azle Independent School District trustees voted July 16 for a “tax swap” that will raise the district’s property tax rate for...
School districts across Texas are in the process of setting budgets for the next school year. Many districts are also looking to raise property taxes to pay for budgeted spending increases — but they need voter approval. Several school boards in the Dallas-Fort Worth...
