Lawmakers must make transportation funding and spending more efficient, accountable and transparent. This testimony presents alternatives, including a quick examination of transit spending that could be prioritized towards traffic congestion relief.
Taxes & Spending
Assessing Tax Trends in Hidalgo County
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in Hidalgo 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 2023 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...
March 9, 2026