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Texas lawmakers: Cities that exploit COVID-19 to raise property taxes beyond cap could be penalized

As the time for adopting property tax rates nears, Texas property owners are being advised to check ...

Source
The Center Square - Texas
Date
06/15/2020
Property Tax

Fact-check: Are Texans’ property taxes ‘no longer really dependent’ on values?

Citing economic concerns from the coronavirus pandemic, some local officials in Texas have asked sta...

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Austin American Statesman
Date
06/08/2020
State Budget

Protests and Plague in the Lone Star State

Dale Craymer, the president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, has estimated that th...

Source
RollingStone
Date
06/03/2020
Property Tax

Property Owners Should Be Proactive About Potential Tax Hikes During COVID-19 Economic Downturn, Policy Group Says

With the COVID-19 pandemic putting unforeseen pressure on homeowners, it’s not the time to raise p...

Source
Corridor News
Date
06/02/2020
Economic Development

How to boost Texas’ economy and humanity? Be more welcoming to LGBTQ residents — and make it a law

Dallas-Plano-Irving stands to gain the most jobs and revenue from a statewide nondiscrimination law,...

Source
Dallas Morning News
Date
06/01/2020
State Budget

PBPA report shows industry’s contributions

According to the report, Texas oil and gas producers directly contributed a record $13.4 billion to ...

Source
Midland Reporter Telegraph
Date
05/26/2020
State Budget

Coronavirus in Texas: State agencies ordered to submit 5% budget cut plans

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered Texas state agencies, public universities and other top offici...

Source
Austin American Statesman
Date
05/21/2020
Property Tax

Less spending, not freezing home values, better for property tax relief, policy group says

While a state lawmaker’s call for a freeze on property values could provide some semblance of reli...

Source
The Center Square
Date
05/15/2020
State Budget

‘Double Whammy’: Oil Crash Adds to Virus Budget Woes in Some States

As the drastic economic downturn driven by the coronavirus stresses state budgets, those with sizabl...

Source
Route Fifty
Date
05/07/2020
State Budget

Oil price crash threatens Texas university endowments

The oil price crash that has hammered the US shale industry is now threatening to put the squeeze on...

Source
Financial Times
Date
05/04/2020
Property Tax

Property owners should be proactive about potential tax hikes during COVID-19 economic downturn, policy group says

In states of emergency caused by flooding or other natural disasters, local taxing bodies are given ...

Source
The Center Square
Date
04/28/2020
State Budget

Oil prices hit its lowest level since oil futures trading began on the NYMEX in 1983.

It’s the largest producer of oil in the states. Dale Craymer, the president of the Texas Taxpa...

Source
WFAA ABC 8 Dallas
Date
04/20/2020

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