The city of Fort Worth may soon raise taxes on residents, despite just publishing a study aimed at tackling its brewing affordability crisis. According to the city’s Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase, a public hearing is set for Tuesday, September 19, 2023 to discuss its proposed tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year....
The city of Killeen may soon hit homeowners with a double-digit tax increase. According to the city’s Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase, if the proposed tax rate is adopted, then the owner of an approximately $200,000 could see their city taxes rise from $1,122 per year to $1,254 per year. If it happens,...
Is the city of Denton preparing to hit homeowners with a big-time tax increase? It certainly looks that way. According to the city’s recently-published Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase, councilmembers will soon consider the adoption of a tax rate set at $0.565682 per $100 of value, which is a slight increase over last...
Central Texas taxpayers may be funding far-left political causes, whether they like it or not. Earlier this month, officials at Austin ISD, a large-but-shrinking public school district in Texas’ capital city, invited staff, students, and families “to represent Austin ISD in the annual Austin Pride Parade.” And to help get revelers to and from the...
Public school districts in Texas are home to some of the most expensive and extravagant stadiums in the nation. In fact, many have spared no expense to construct publicly-funded palaces. And now, one media outlet is cataloguing exactly where these facilities are located and what they cost to build. They also make an interesting observation...
On Monday, trustees at Prosper ISD, a relatively small but growing school district north of Dallas, agreed to present voters with a massive new bond package in November. The district’s proposal is so large, in fact, that it practically dwarfs all others this election cycle. In total, Prosper ISD officials want voters to approve four...
For taxpayers, this should be a time to celebrate. After all, the Texas Legislature just approved a historic measure of tax relief, estimated to lower the average homeowner’s tax bill by more than $1,300 this year alone. This whopping reduction, of course, came in response to widespread public outcry that taxes had grown too big,...
A Dallas city councilmember is sounding the alarm over the city’s finances. In Wednesday’s Dallas Morning News, Dallas city councilmember Cara Mendelsohn expressed grave concern over the “city’s ever-increasing, unsustainable budget and its effects on residents.” She continued: “Our current $4.5 billion budget is the largest in history, and the city manager’s proposed budget for...
Dallas city councilmembers on Wednesday took up an agenda item to set a ceiling on the city’s proposed tax rate for fiscal year 2024. The actual tax rate will be formally debated and adopted at a future hearing (Sept. 20), thereby determining what the average Dallas homeowner will pay in city taxes. While discussing what...
Pearland ISD’s school board may soon ask voters to approve a major tax increase, potentially eroding some of the new property tax relief agreed upon by the 88th Texas Legislature before it even materializes. On Monday, the Houston Chronicle reported that trustees are considering seeking voter-approval for a permanent nine-cent tax rate increase that officials...
Earlier this week, we wrote about the great work that Tarrant County commissioners had accomplished through their FY ’24 budget framework (which cut spending, kept the tax rate to a minimum, and included a homestead exemption). And now, it appears more North Texas local governments are prepared to act in ways that benefit taxpayers. The...
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the word ‘rapacious’ to mean: excessively grasping or covetous; ravenous. There may be no better word to describe the spenders on the Austin city council. On Tuesday, all but one councilmember (Mackenzie Kelly) voted to approve a massive $5.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2024, which is being billed as “the largest...