Bill Peacock, Director of the Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom, will be a guest on the Brent Clanton show on Tuesday, September 4th at 7:30 a.m. He will discuss the Foundation’s recent paper on modernizing the Texas insurance market, as well as the Foundation’s September 5th Policy Primer on windstorm insurance. The Brent Clanton Show can be heard on BizRadio (1320 AM – Houston, 1360 AM – Dallas/Fort Worth) and over the Internet at www.BizRadio.com.
Taxes & Spending
Assessing Tax Trends in the City of Austin
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in the city of Austin? 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 19, 2026