Analysis: Why Rising Property Values Don’t Lower School Taxes
Rising property values in Texas should have lowered school property tax rates. But they didn’t, and you can thank the folks who write the state budget for that.
Read MoreDec 14, 2016 | State News
Rising property values in Texas should have lowered school property tax rates. But they didn’t, and you can thank the folks who write the state budget for that.
Read MoreDec 9, 2016 | State News
Two days after the Mayor of Dallas filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Police and Fire Pension system to block withdrawals, which he referred to as a “run on the bank” of an “insolvent” pension system in “financial crisis, the Pension’s board has finally taken steps to halt further withdrawals.
Read MoreNov 21, 2016 | Politics, State News
During the 2017 session, the Texas legislature will consider bills creating a mechanism to review federal laws and end state cooperation with enforcement of those that violate the Texas Bill of Rights. This process would set the stage to effectively block some federal laws in the Lone Star State.
Read MoreNov 21, 2016 | State News
The Obama administration is arguing that Texas lawmakers intentionally discriminated when they passed a strict voter ID law in 2011. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton refuted the arguments in his own filing.
Read MoreNov 17, 2016 | State News
Wednesday’s vote followed an hours-long public hearing Tuesday, when 35 Hispanic activists and scholars spoke out against the textbook’s adoption.
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