Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced that the agency is ending what he described as a “hidden double tax” affecting Texas families and businesses.

Eliminating school districts’ maintenance and operations tax — one of the governor’s longstanding policy goals — would reportedly cost the state another $29 billion per year.

TTARA Welcomes Two New Policy Analysts to the Team We are pleased to announce the addition of two outstanding policy analysts to the TTARA team: Katie Glanz, Ph.D., and Celine Kim. Their combined expertise strengthens our capacity to deliver high-quality research and analysis on the tax and fiscal issues that matter most to our members….

Conservative and liberal tax policy experts said Abbott’s proposal would lead to higher housing costs and tax benefits flowing disproportionately to wealthy homeowners.

Voters in Community Impact’s coverage areas approved just over half of the local bond propositions and tax rate elections on the November ballot, according to previous Community Impact reporting. Statewide, 40% of tax rate elections and 45.9% of bond propositions passed, according to data from the office of Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican and property tax policy…