Containing Texas’ property tax problem

Property taxes are crushing small businesses, middle-class families and elderly Texans. In 2016, property taxes levied statewide grew to $56.1 billion. That’s a burden so large that the taxman effectively took $2,000 from every man, woman, and child in the Lone Star State or $8,000 from a family of four. Tax bills aren’t just gigantic...

Austin Spends Big to Clean Its Public Toilet

Last year, city officials spent $150,000 to open “free” public restrooms that are accessible 24 hours a day and include a part-time attendant to “clean and restock the bathroom, enforce a 10-minute limit, as well as track hourly usage.” It’s a whole lot of city spending that looks something like this. Reasoning that this was...