Council Set to Offset High-End Tax Break With Rent Relief

The ol' homestead

"...the first of two votes necessary to double its property tax homestead exemption to 20%. This tax break will..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Common Law

Property tax protest – how do I increase my chances of winning at the ARB hearing?

"...Own property in Travis County? Odds are you are unhappy with..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Luke Ellis

The Texas Hammer: Public School Budget

Steal from the rich and give to the – well, not the kids

"...Texas school finance regulations, districts are classified as either property-wealthy or property-poor. Since their finances rely on local property..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Benzene Questions at Crestview Station

Benzene discovered in groundwater under portion of former Huntsman chemical-testing facility property, potential snag for Crestview Station developers

"...benzene in the groundwater under one portion of the property, as well as under a few adjacent houses. Weston..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Pointing Out Flaws in Anti-Property Tax Letters..."

March 26, 2004 Column

In the Shadow of the Shepherd

A church's expansion plans threaten a neighborhood. Sound familiar?

"...expand its facilities -- right up to the backyard property lines of Almanza and her Meadowbrook neighbors. "This certainly..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Boom and Gloom

Austin's Budget Struggles to Keep Up

"...The new budget whispers some answers. The property tax rate will go up two cents, the transportation..."

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

Anatomy of a Drowning

A Flood of Bad Blood Deluges Onion Creek

"...do it." Rather, the need to safeguard lives and property makes the 25-year floodway The Forbidden Zone...."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Clashes Over 2017 Budget

Competing ideas on how to spend $969 million

"...to be about $969 million, and funded primarily from property taxes, sales taxes, and revenue transfers from those city-owned..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Working the Budget

Council and staff review the preliminary numbers, with crossed fingers all around

"...argues that while the budget talks inevitably focus on property taxes and tax rates, housing and transportation costs take..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

City Budget: First Forecast

Budget forecast shows rising city income, costs

"...everything remains the same: Austin continues to grow rapidly, property values continue to rise just as quickly, and the..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

The Future Is Now

Local fiscal policy enters its Cold War era

"...collections are still fluttering, but in the positive range. Property values are holding, job creation is beginning, building permits..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...the Nation of Islam), and a lot of vacant property. Across 12th from Minnie's is a large, long-empty tract..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Déjà Vu Development

photograph by Jana Birchum

"...the ideal use, for at least some of the property, is parkland, which is more feasible here than in..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program

"...comparing customers who got the CAP discount against the property values assessed by the appraisal districts in Travis and..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Offers $10 Million to County for Palm School

Funds to purchase historic landmark to come from hotel tax

"...Travis County's offer to sell the historic Palm School property at I-35 and Cesar Chavez, with a $10 million..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Rep. John Bucy III on the 86th Texas Legislature

“We’ve got to do everything we can to keep attention on Medicaid expansion”

"...priority, while simultaneously insisting that we need to cut property taxes and cap them at the local level. Based..."

Jan. 4, 2019 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

Bicycle Dreams

A closer look at the Downtown bike boulevard proposals

"...to turn Nueces into a bike boulevard, as fearful property owners and other interested parties along Nueces don't seem..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AISD Takes a Tax Bite to Voters

School board hammers out a budget

"...a couple of years of nominal budget surpluses and property tax rate cuts, Austin ISD's board of trustees agreed..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point

With shrinking sales tax receipts, so much for shopping ourselves outta recession

"...budget officer Greg Canally prepared three projections (with each property-tax rate including an extra penny to pay for the..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

Council ponders where to set the property-tax rate, and which health care package should cover city employees and their partners

"...last week City Council pitched its sleep-away tent in property-tax minutiae, anticipating the adoption of the annual municipal budget..."

June 2, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Lean and ... Leaner

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

"...the General Fund, which is where your sales and property taxes live and which supports city departments that are..."

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

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...office buildings on three adjacent blocks of city-owned land, property for which the corporation would get a 99- to..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...expansion of the Salvation Army facility will definitely decrease property values in the area, thus making the city lose..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

God's Steward at the TNRCC

In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix

"...that represent an immediate threat to neighbors' health or property values...."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Jumpolin & Gentrification Backlash

Jumpolin owners fight back against landlord demolition

"...an early legal victory in their lawsuit against the property owners who allegedly demolished their shop without notice: a..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Texas School Funding

Still unconstitutional

"...school districts, it amounts to a de facto state property tax. Moreover, the end result violates the education clause..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Budget Stretch Run

City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs

"...Sales taxes account for about 21% of GF. Property taxes represent about 41%, and Van Eenoo received certified..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Big Numbers

A thumbnail look at the proposed 2012-13 city budget

"...proposed 2012-13 budget: "This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $35,006,714 or 9.1%,..."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Column by Michael King

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