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Mega surplus gives Texas lawmakers golden opportunity to fix some ills — but will they?

Texas lawmakers have a stunning — some say unprecedented — opportunity to improve state resident...

Source
Dallas Morning News
Date
02/07/2023
Property Tax

Many Texans want appraisal caps for property tax relief. Here’s why they won’t fly in Austin.

Though some Texas counties saw single-family home values rise 20 percent or more on average in 2022 ...

Source
Houston Chronicle
Date
02/06/2023
Property Tax School Finance

How does public school funding work in Texas – and how would property tax relief affect it?

With the Texas Legislature set to tackle property taxes this year, the stations of the Texas Newsroo...

Source
KERA News
Date
02/02/2023
Property Tax

Here’s what you need to know about the fight over property tax cuts in the Texas Legislature

Republicans are wrestling over how much of the state’s nearly $33 billion budget surplus to spend ...

Source
Texas Tribune
Date
01/31/2023
Economic Development

Texas economy hampered now that Chapter 313 incentives gone

The way that some in economic development spheres look at it, working to lure companies to come to C...

Source
Houston Business Journal
Date
01/30/2023
Property Tax

Renters, half of all Dallas households, would get no relief from $3B Texas tax debate

Dale Craymer, the president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, said a more equitable d...

Source
Dallas Morning News
Date
01/30/2023
Property Tax

Big savings or a drop in the bucket? Here’s one way Texas may cut your property taxes

It’s a starting point in the Senate as lawmakers begin to craft bills aimed at cutting property ta...

Source
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Date
01/30/2023
State Budget

How much of Texas’ unprecedented budget surplus will be spent? That’s up to Republicans

How much money Texas spends from the more than $50 billion in surplus revenue and other funds sitt...

Source
Austin American Statesman
Date
01/27/2023
Property Tax State Budget

Texans want more school safety, tax relief and health insurance with budget surplus

As state lawmakers prepare to craft the next biennial budget, most Texans favor using some of the st...

Source
KERA News
Date
01/27/2023
State Budget

Howard: How the Legislature could spend a $33 billion surplus

As is usual in any Texas legislative session, the budget takes center stage. But this session’...

Source
Austin American Statesman
Date
01/26/2023
Property Tax

What a $50 savings per taxpayer is costing Harris County residents

Republican Commissioners Jack Cagle and Tom Ramsey boycotted Harris County Commissioners Court for...

Source
Houston Public Media
Date
01/25/2023
Property Tax

Texas small businesses need a property tax break too, the Legislature should spend big

Gov. Greg Abbott and legislative leaders have promised homeowners the largest property tax break ev...

Source
Houston Chronicle
Date
01/23/2023

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