Tax rates across the state are now dropping, and tax bills, though rising, are increasing at their slowest rate in years — well below the growth rate of Texans’ personal income and inflation.

“It is a victory,” Dale Craymer, president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, said during an interview on Capital Tonight.  “The measure of that victory will be up to others to decide.”

Community Impact Newspaper spoke with Joshua Blank, research director of the Texas Politics Project for The University of Texas; Dale Craymer, president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association; and Dick Lavine, senior fiscal analyst for Every Texan, to break down the two propositions before voters head to the polls.

Dale Craymer, president of the Texas Taxpayers And Research Association, joins KVUE’s Ashley Goudeau to explain the constitutional amendments on the ballot.

A big factor in the rising cost of property tax rates can be directly tied to how much money local jurisdictions want to spend, the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) said in a recent report.