Eliminate Property Tax: By the Numbers
Recently, the 22,000-member Facebook group Eliminate the Property Taxย featured a write-up by group admin Russell Bennett that supports House Bill 3742 (from the 83rd legislative session) and explains why their group is still in support of the bill, which they are...
City of Deer Park Proposes Increase in Property Taxes
As we have begun to report on local jurisdictions adopting new tax rates for the next fiscal year, it has become apparent that many around the state are failing to adopt the โno-new-revenueโ tax rate. This has caused several concerned Texas taxpayers to reach out to...
Episode 3: Student Loan Debt Debate & Texas Property Taxes
https://youtu.be/ERt0TMlCD9s Episode Description ๐ฐ In this episode of ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฆ, we discuss how in the debate over student loan debt 'forgiveness', higher education institutions are largely escaping blame as well as deception being used by local governments in...
Abbott Draws Line in the Sand on Budget Surplus Use for Property Tax Relief
On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott reportedly opined on the projected budget surplus and its partial use for the purposes of providing a property tax cut. https://twitter.com/AbbottCampaign/status/1565029174355673088 Earlier this month, he...
Deceptive Duncanville: Status Quo for Local Politics
As we have begun to report on cities adopting new tax rates and many failing to adopt the no-new-revenue rate, a number of folks have reached out to us at Texans for Fiscal Responsibility about the deceptive practices reducing transparency in these cities. The...