Sometimes it seems as if universities forget that their customers are students and that they exist solely to provide students with a quality education. By implementing policies that inject competition into the higher education market, students would benefit from lower costs and improved quality.
Assessing Tax Trends in Fort Bend County
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in Fort Bend County? And, if so, have local decision-makers actively helped or hurt the situation? To help answer these questions, let’s review the county’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...