Texas home prices are still climbing in some of the state’s most expensive communities; can the property‑tax system keep up without shifting costs onto everyone else?
The places seeing the biggest dollar jumps tell us something important about who pays for local government.
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Texas local governments must balance their budgets. Some do it with land sales, rainy-day money, utility transfers, and other dollars that may not be...
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Four San Antonio-area school districts are asking voters for more operating money this November. What happens if either side of the ballot fails?
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If human reviewers fade away and government work product is AI-produced, who will be held responsible for when things go wrong?
