Topic: Taxes

Proposal aims to reduce scrutiny of school-district tax breaks for companies

Publish Date: December 3, 2021

Red bar graph showing tax abatements going from 2.4 billion in 2012 to $10.8 billion in 2020

Governor starts process of signing special session bills into law

Publish Date: October 29, 2021

Texas Map divide into various bright colors and shapes

Texas Legislature concludes its third special session with a flurry of bills passed

Publish Date: October 21, 2021

Child tax credit brings monthly checks to millions of families

Publish Date: July 18, 2021

Your Weekly Briefing: Pay for test scores? And TRS pension bill moves forward as health insurance spikes for active employees

Publish Date: April 26, 2019

Ed Sills: The problems with a sales tax hike and why its getting blasted in the media

Publish Date: April 20, 2019

Your Weekly Briefing: Education bills moving that would regulate charters; harmful tax caps also in the works

Publish Date: April 19, 2019

A salary increase and funding our students needs to move back to the top of the lawmakers’ list!

Publish Date: February 21, 2019

Property tax cap bill moves toward full Senate without answers to key questions about loss of local funding

Publish Date: February 12, 2019

Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa questions SB 2 author Sen. Paul Bettencourt on why the tax cap should be as low as 2.5 percent. With no additional public testimony, the Senate Committee on Property Tax voted yesterday to advance a bill that will cripple local government budgets, including school districts. SB 2 would cap property tax revenue growth at 2.5 percent,...

As property tax cap hearing starts, the question remains: Where will the money come from?

Publish Date: February 6, 2019

Statement on Gov. Abbott’s State of the State speech

Publish Date: February 5, 2019

Property tax cap bills announced by state leadership, but how will this affect school finance?

Publish Date: January 31, 2019

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