The Bottom Line Up Front If taxpayers approve Cypress-Fairbanks ISD’s proposed Maintenance and Operations tax-rate increase and bond package on November 3, northwest Houston taxpayers will face an 18 percent M&O rate hike and roughly $3.2 billion in new...
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Cleburne Asks Families to Approve a 9.2 Percent Tax Rate Increase for New Bond
The mayor and council put a $62.5 million public-safety bond on the November ballot after borrowing for the design. Cleburne families are being asked to hand City Hall a 9.2 percent increase in the city property-tax rate for a building the mayor and council have...
Crosby ISD’s $208 Million Bond: A Poor Record and Discrepancies
Crosby ISD voters will decide on November 3 whether to authorize $208.28 million1 in new school bonds. The sample ballot lists the measures as Proposition A and Proposition B, and comes at a time when the district only has two cents of borrowing power left under the...
Dallas County Asks Taxpayers to Approve a 22 Percent Tax Rate Increase
Commissioners adopted a county tax rate 22.02 percent above the no-new-revenue rate. The median homestead bill would rise from $558.97 last year to $666.52 if voters approve the higher rate on November 3. Dallas County voters will decide on November 3 whether to...
Gillespie County Plans a Property Tax Increase
Gillespie County is preparing to increase property taxes on local taxpayers while sitting on a large general fund balance. The rate proposed by the Gillespie County Commissioners for the 2026 tax year is $0.2873 per $100 of valuation, above the no-new-revenue (NNR)...
Lubbock Planning Property Tax Hikes
Lubbock is preparing to raise city property taxes on local taxpayers, again. The rate proposed for 20261 is $0.513421 per $100 of valuation, which is above the no-new-revenue rate of $0.475154 and just under the voter-approval rate of $0.513447. Because the...








