by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 28, 2026 | Local
Harris County is Proposing an 11.8% Spending Increase along with Higher Property Taxes. Harris County is considering adopting a Fiscal Year 2027 budget1 of nearly $3.1 billion. That is roughly $327 million more than the nearly $2.8 billion general-fund budget2 the...
by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 27, 2026 | State
The Project Seeks to Reform How Texas Collects Taxes Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced on August 181 a package of tax-administration reforms he is calling the Taxpayer First Project. The Comptroller’s office said the new policies, “collectively known as the...
by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 25, 2026 | Federal
The United States crossed $40 trillion in total public debt on August 18, 2026.1 The Treasury’s Debt to the Penny series2 showed a whopping $40,047,425,768,420.22 that day, up from just under $40 trillion the day before. Out of that historic figure, $32.3 trillion is...
by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 19, 2026 | State
Governor Abbott and newly-appointed Comptroller of Public Accounts Don Huffines are teaming up to investigate waste and admin bloat. Governor Greg Abbott has formally requested1 Texas Comptroller Don Huffines to investigate the finances of up to four independent...
by Andrew McVeigh | Aug 17, 2026 | Local
Today, August 17th, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office sent letters1 to more than 110 additional cities prohibiting them from raising ad valorem property taxes above the no-new-revenue (NNR) tax rate. The NNR rate is the property tax rate a local taxing entity...
