by Andrew McVeigh | Sep 18, 2026 | State
Every penny should be returned to Texas taxpayers. Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday1 that Texas will receive $7.5 billion from the federal government to reimburse border security costs Texas taxpayers carried during the Biden administration. After speaking with...
by TFR Staff | Sep 7, 2026 | Local
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)...
by Andrew McVeigh | Sep 4, 2026 | Local
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...
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 TFR Staff | Aug 21, 2026 | Explainers
Every year, Texas taxpayers go through the same cycle.1 Appraisal districts certify property values, cities, counties, school districts and other taxing units build their proposed budgets, and then set the property tax rates that will determine how much revenue they...
