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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
State Budget

Texas oil price plummets into the negatives as the coronavirus pandemic’s economic woes continue battering the state

It’s the lowest price for a barrel of crude since at least the 1980s and another sign, experts...

Source
Texas Tribune
Date
04/20/2020
State Budget

It’s Insane That Federal Aid to States Is a Partisan Issue

The U.S. federal government can print its own currency, which also happens to be the world’s reser...

Source
New York Magazine
Date
04/16/2020
State Budget

The Virus Is Vaporizing Tax Revenues, Putting States in a Bind

With businesses closed and obligations mounting, state finances are stretched and poised to worsen....

Source
The New York Times
Date
04/15/2020
Property Tax

Beware of snake oil ‘property tax relief’

Freezing your property value does not freeze your tax bills because local tax rates aren’t frozen....

Source
Denton Record-Chronicle
Date
04/03/2020
Property Tax

Beware of snake-oil ‘property tax relief’

Are you tired of rising appraisals driving up your property tax bill? Some chief appraisers around t...

Source
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Date
04/02/2020

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