Texas Property Tax Reform Needed

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James Quintero

James Quintero is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government for the People campaign. Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations.

Allegra Hill

The Tax Foundation ranked the states according to their property tax burdens per capita, with Texas having the 14th highest property tax burden in the country.

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