Did Texas Lawmakers Successfully Cut Property Taxes?

In 2019, Texas lawmakers pushed reforms to help cut property taxes, while also aiming to raise the state’s share of the cost of public...

Property Tax Reform Proposals Stall — For Now — As Top Texas Lawmakers Scramble...

Thursday was scheduled to be property tax day in the Texas House. Then it was rumored to be property tax day in the Texas...

Waiting for Tax Relief? Texas Homeowners Will Get Less Than Expected.

Statewide property values increased last year, on average, by a staggering 10.75 percent, according to the Texas Comptroller’s preliminary findings for 2019.  This is greater...

Texas Homeowners House Values Skyrocket

Over the past few weeks, Texas homeowners have been struck with appraisal notices that have left them open-mouthed.Home values have skyrocketed by hundreds of...

Dan Patrick threatens to use "nuclear option" to skirt Senate tradition and bring property...

Faced with a stalemate on his priority property tax proposal, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that if no deal materializes over the weekend,...

How would lawmakers' plan to hike sales taxes and drop property taxes affect Texans?

Texas lawmakers are expected to debate a plan this week that would raise the taxes consumers pay when they go shopping in order to...

Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Property Tax Relief

Tasked by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick with finding ways to give homeowners and business property owners tax relief as appraisal values skyrocket, the Senate...

Senate's property tax reform plan gets Senate vote after 2 months of no movement

Pictured: Sen. Kel Seliger holding the Senate Rules book during debate on SB 2 After two months of being stalled following passage from the newly-created...

Rigged: How Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Property Taxes for Homeowners

Over the past 10 years, Texas legislators have voted to cut taxes for corporations while freezing education spending, passing the buck to Texas homeowners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoACtM3vpGQ Toxic...

GOP Political Rhetoric Derails 2023 Harris County Budget

The two Republican Harris County commissioners, Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey and Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle, skipped the 10 a.m. Harris County commissioners...
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