Some claim that in recent years the state’s budget has not kept up with population growth and inflation. This is not true. In fact, after accounting for the fact that property value increases have reduced state-level spending in public education, state spending is rising, even after accounting for population growth and inflation.
Kudos, Tarrant County
Fiscal conservatism is alive-and-well in Texas’ 3rd largest county. As evidence, consider that Tarrant County officials last year approved a tax rate below the no-new-revenue (NNR) tax rate, resulting in an astonishing “13.17 percent” rate reduction. As impressive as that was though, county leaders took things one step further by creating a 10% local option...