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...
by Bill Peacock | Jul 24, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Research
Executive Summary Texas’ political leaders claim they will spend $51 billion (of taxpayer money) the next two years on public schools to provide property tax relief to homeowners, small businesses, and other landowners. Yet over the last six years of legislative...
by TFR Staff | Oct 10, 2022 | News, State
Many taxpayers have reached out to us regarding cities and other local political subdivisions raising taxes beyond their voter approval thresholds without triggering an election. Many have wondered how this is possible after the supposed “historic property tax...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Sep 15, 2022 | Texe Lege
Following a recent interim hearing of the Texas House Ways and Means Committee, where among the many issues they discussed was that of recent attempts by the Texas Legislature to reform property taxes and appraisals, we surveyed subscribers to The Fiscal Note about...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Sep 6, 2022 | Local, News
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 “no-new-revenue” tax rate. This has caused several concerned Texas taxpayers to reach out to...
