Using data from the Census Bureau, this paper examines how Texas homeowners fare in relation to the average U.S. homeowner when it comes to paying property taxes and which Texas counties, in particular, face the highest burden.
My Journey to Understand El Paso’s Lobbying Expenses
In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed a law (House Bill 1495) to help correct “unethical political behavior” at the local level. One key provision in the law requires political subdivisions to disclose the amount of money being spent to lobby the legislature in their proposed budgets. As more fully articulated in Sec. 140.0045 (b)(2) of...