Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence & Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Hon. Kathleen Hartnett White discusses in length what the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan means.
Taxes & Spending
Assessing Tax Trends in the City of Arlington
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in the city of Arlington? And, if so, have local decision-makers actively helped or hurt the situation? To help answer these questions, let’s review the city’s 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and gather four types of data—i.e., tax levies, local population, total tax rates, and taxable values—over a 10-year time horizon. Using these audited estimates, we can gauge the growth of government (i.e., tax levy trends), assess its reasonability...
February 20, 2026