Point Austin: Homestead Exemption Still Burning

How many votes can $2 a month buy?

"...The City Council vote to expand the property tax homestead exemption (from 6% to 8%) is now..."

July 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Shortchanged

A lot of belt tightening and creative thinking make getting by with low dollars possible for AISD

"...you'd think if you just looked at how much property tax money the district is scheduled to collect over..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Happy Times ... in Moderation

City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending

"...what the effect such projections might be on potential property tax rates. In several charts, the budget staff had..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Getting What We Pay For

It costs real money to build a great city

"...simultaneously with an Austin American-States­man Sunday front-pager on rising property taxes in Travis County. The Police Exec­u­tive Research Forum..."

July 20, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Common Law

Investment property & 1031 exchanges

"...I own an investment property. I keep reading about all these California investors and..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...District Judge John Dietz's 2004 ruling that the state property tax cap is an unconstitutional statewide property tax, but..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...call it a Bust) has decimated the city's sales tax collections, which fund the bulk of the city's discretionary..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The state of Texas, joined by poor school districts, are fighting a lawsuit in Travis County court that would get rid of the cap on property taxes mandated by the state's "Robin Hood" tax redistribution law.

"...would strike down the state law that caps districts' property tax rates. Joined by the Mexican American Legal Defense..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Chasing Gary

To Annex or Not to Annex

"...legal barriers to prevent the city from annexing the property...."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...the session, Tuesday, January 8. The State Budget and Taxes..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...paid for without any state cash or raising local taxes. The idea was so absurd that the closest he..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Point Austin: The Appraisal Scam

TCAD can't accurately appraise commercial properties – and the Lege likes it that way

"...The taxes is too damn high...."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Michael King

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...Not that the Republican-dominated House has morphed into tax-and-spend liberals. The House and the Senate are locked in..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Growth Funds: ACC's Bond Proposal

Community college asking for $386 million

"...the November ballot, and will seek backing for a property tax rate increase of three cents per $100 of..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Best of Times

Cutting a city budget easier said than done

"...a final vote on the big numbers and the property tax rate in Sep­tem­ber. Overall, the news is good,..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Meet the AISD Bonds

A thumbnail introduction to the $890 million bond package on the May 11 ballot

"...district is already addressing by pointing out that the tax impact (3.5 cents per $100 assessed property value) is..."

April 12, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Crash-Scene Budget

The budget balances, and stitching is transparent

"...with any more than an anticlimactic shrug. Austin's sales tax woes – down almost 10% since January – have..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Budget Time

Running all the numbers, we have to pay for what we need

"...ongoing McMansion dust-up, the complicated demise of legendary Roy's Taxi, and the final discussions of the November bond election..."

June 9, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Costs of Community

While the Lege shows what not to do, the city has a chance to do better

"...W. Bush's legendary exhortation to "make the pie higher." Property tax recapture – that is, moving education funding from..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Michael King

It Just Doesn't Add Up

As the session winds down, school finance reform recedes once again

"...to the school fund over two years, trim the property tax rate, create a uniform school calendar that begins..."

May 20, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happening from Austin and beyond

"...Austin, and even a bare tract of Town Lake property that she unsuccessfully fought to have preserved as city..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...more courageous than coming out against a state income tax in Texas? Ignoring huge budget shortfalls, underfunded public education,..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

May 3 a Turning Point for ACC

The ACC community comes together to support the May 3 financial propositions

"...is a tough time to be asking for a tax hike, but Austin Community College students and faculty are..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...changing political landscape. His abrupt change of direction on tax policy demonstrates how fast Bullock can move. In March..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Council Readies for New Budget Realities

Members might reconsider economic incentive packages

"...the last budget cycle in which Austin can set property tax rates that increase the city's raised revenue by..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What Do Austinites Want?

10-1 City Council wrangles its first budget

"...unquestioned presumption of all city budget discussions that "the taxpayers" don't want to spend any more money. Indeed, the..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: A Few Thoughts About Taxes

You don't get what you won't pay for

"...No newspaper ever lost readers by complaining about high taxes...."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Common Law

Protest High Property Taxes

"...Protest High Property Taxes..."

June 4, 2010 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Protesting High Property Taxes

"...Protesting High Property Taxes..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

School Finance: Where We Are and How We Got Here

The Supreme Court's ruling leaves a lot of blanks for the Lege to fill in

"...education districts, meant to collect and disburse school district taxes on a county-by-county basis, already had gone down at..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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