No Fair Share? Property Tax Report Provokes a County Review.

Property tax study says commercial property owners are draining homeowners' bank accounts

"...of homeowners shouldering the greater share of the local property-tax load while commercial landowners are paying significantly less than..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Common Law

Investment property & 1031 exchanges

"...get educated on different options that may affect the tax consequences of real estate investment decisions. A 1031 exchange..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

The Red Ink Hits the Fan

City Manager Toby Futrell says the budget won't balance without years of tax hikes and service cuts

"...Of course, the bust is partly to blame; sales-tax collections have plummeted, property values are heading downward, and..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The city may go where it feared to tread last year -- tax hikes, layoffs, and cutting public safety budgets.

"...under a new mayor's leadership -- will raise property taxes in September when it adopts the fiscal 2004 budget...."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Making of an Endorsement

"...aquifer plan a few months later. I disagree that taxpayers should have to continue paying for this lemon just..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

This Is the Box We're In

Council doesn't have a budget, but they're cutting it nonetheless

"...after the August-September cycle for adopting the budget. Property taxes represent roughly 42% of the city's total income, so..."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Boom and Gloom

Austin's Budget Struggles to Keep Up

"...City finance director Betty Dunkerley is taxed by this year's budget process. photograph by John Anderson..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...offensive in his bid to unseat 16-year Travis Co. Tax Assessor-Collector Nelda Wells Spears. His campaign manager, Elliott McFadden,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...commercial activity to escape outside their borders, hollowing the tax base and ghettoizing inner-city neighborhoods. Since then, the mayor..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Public Notice: Congress CARES About You

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

"...Rebates – the one-time $1,200 direct payments to every taxpayer – are the most publicized element of the plan...."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

"...and More is teaming up with the Travis Co. tax office to notify residents older than 65 that they..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...not familiar with, as a "Leading Republican gasbag and anti-tax crank," I feel that you fail on both accounts...."

June 13, 2003 Column

Live Election Coverage

Is it over yet?

"...advisor Alison Alter, market analyst Nick Virden, and international tax accountant Rob Walker. The candidate pool may be smaller..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...Bryan Case Travis Co. Sheriff: Greg Hamilton Travis Co. Tax Assessor: Bruce Elfant County Commissioner, Precinct 3: Karen Huber..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...of opposing viewpoints, but Louis Black is supposed to defer to people in the name of – what –..."

July 21, 2006 Column

O, Brother! Where Art Thou?

Although out of the headlines, the George W. Bush siblings have been doing quite nicely for themselves.

"...in 1988 at a cost of $1 billion to taxpayers."..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Texas Voter ID Law Struck Down

5th Circuit: Senate Bill 14 violates Voting Rights Act

"...court's finding that it was a de facto poll tax...."

July 20, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Council: Choosing Sides

An estimated 9,000 lots will become eligible to build ADUs

"...additional density or presumed inadequacies in the "process" (i.e., defer to the NAs, to the boards and commissions, or..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: Rodney Reed, the Austin Marathon, and Council

Efforts to free Reed continue; Council talks housing

"...housing projects”; he asked that the rest of Council defer to the opinion of the district’s Council member in..."

Feb. 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Council: Down by Lady Bird

City Council returns with a less imposing agenda

"...state Department of Housing and Com­mun­ity Affairs for the tax-exempt bonds to help underwrite the projects, potential fruits of..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Lege Opening Day: Users and Abusers

Scenes from the floor of the Texas House and Senate

"...fetal pain bill, and more drum-beating for reduced business taxation. His ideological checklist stood in sharp contrast to Straus',..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Other Contested Dem Races

And the rest of the ticket

"...independent who promises to "spend like a Republican and tax like a Democrat"), and attorney John Wolfe, who actually..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature

Point Austin: The Governor's Principles

The latest Perry eruption is a characteristically lamentable mash-up of political calculation and fiscal faux conservatism

"..."truth in budgeting," more Constitutional budget limits, "no new taxes," squeeze the Rainy Day fund, cut unnecessary programs and..."

April 27, 2012 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Y Don't We Do It in the Road?

November bond proposal creates plenty of opportunity for grumbling

"...clear that the bond election does have long-term property tax impact, and second, being clear that just because we're..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Media Watch: 'A Sense of Purpose'

Texas Tribune makes its debut in realm of nonprofit journalism

"...nonprofit devoted to investigative journalism, sparked widespread grumbling when tax records revealed Editor Paul E. Steiger, former managing editor..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Column by Kevin Brass

Reefer Madness

Pot is the gateway to hell. Who knew?

"...of $100 for public pot use. The measure would defer to the states to use law enforcement resources to..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...stations is different," says Adams. "We are proposing to defer that to the station planning phase, and it would..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...depot but not at the cost to the local taxpayers...."

April 4, 2003 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Money Changes Everything

In budget crunch, how will Austin decide which 'pet projects' get spayed?

"...up the homeland security bill and watching Austin's sales tax revenue drop, and drop, and drop, and drop (the..."

April 26, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Past Planning Efforts

"...quite novel (for Texas) ideas like rent control, residential tax abatements, and an "anti-speculation ordinance" -- all of which..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature

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