What the Broken Spoke's Historic Designation Could Mean for Music Venue Preservation

Honky-tonk could join sites eyed for city venue investments

"...economic future for the venue as development and rising property values surround it on all sides...."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

AISD: Thinking Outside the Schoolhouse

Task force schemes new ways to stabilize Austin ISD budget

"...relies on a scheme known as "recapture" to take property tax revenues from "property wealthy" districts and redistribute them..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

School Finance on Trial

Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours

"...Lawmakers pass the "Robin Hood" system, capping the school property tax rate, and creating recapture, under which districts with..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Balancing Act

Grand jury declines to indict officer for Nov. 28 shooting

"...rising city costs chased by rising city income (2015 property tax revenue and sales taxes have both been bullish)..."

July 27, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

School Finance Plan Headed for Hearing

Aycock promises no losers as Senate obsesses on vouchers

"...biggest impacts from any financial changes. • To offset property value increases, as the basic allotment goes up, the..."

April 8, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Council: All This, and Bull Creek Too

Council adopts budget after two grinding days of debate

"...two grinding days of debate over found money – property tax appraisals and collections having come in higher than..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...forced themselves onto us as though we were their property. What I saw then and what I have continued..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

City Preps For 2015 Appraisal Fight

A unanimous Council vote to mount a challenge next year

"...June 17 deadline to challenge this year’s commercial appraisal values, City Council members early Friday morning agreed to wage..."

June 15, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

Council: Zoning Futures, Budget Preview, Cilantro

Light agenda heading into budget season

"...• a 0.7-cent reduction in the property tax rate (49.57 cents/$100 evaluation)..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Of Caps and Handcuffs

At budget time, there's no substitute for wrestling the numbers

"...teeter-totter proposals to spend-and-cut had succeeded in keeping the property tax rate at (or indeed slightly below) the current..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Column by Michael King

AISD: Budget Covers Raises, Benefits

District approves third deficit budget

"...to keep the combined tax rate paid by district property owners static at $1.24 per $100 of property value...."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Follow the Money

Final city budget discussions begin in earnest

"...• Current (nominal) property tax rate: 50.29 cents per $100 taxable value..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Benefits of Trees

"...to live here. Research shows that quality trees increase property values, so we might expect tax revenues to decrease..."

April 8, 2013 Postmarks

City Budget: Here's Your Adoption Punchlist

When the roll is called up yonder, don't expect a slam dunk

"...the affair is usually finished in one. However, with property taxes having taken a precipitous hit and a tax..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Bowing to Business Wheels, AISD Cans Tax Hike

Board passes new budget but drops ballot proposal

"...covered by the interest and sinking component of residents' property tax bills; and the General Fund, which is primarily..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Budget: Scrubbed and Squeaky Clean

The budget gets balanced, saved by the sales tax – and some scrubbing

"...balanced. And for the first time since 2006, a property tax increase is coming in below the rollback rate,..."

July 30, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

We're 49th! ... Or Just Seventh of 10

Union and Austin ISD argue over teacher pay – and what to do about it

"...is how to pay for it. Strike the current property tax revenues off the list of possible sources. The..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...bonds gradually paid off from the stream of increased property taxes that streetcar lines help create. Property values rise..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

$20 Million in the Hole

The city's budget projections looking bleakish

"...Canally prepared three projections: Scenario 1, with the effective property tax (lower than last year's rate, but accounting for..."

April 25, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...Exposition, with a cap of 20 units on the property. The developer had been asking for 27 units, but..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

Developing Stories

A developer offers to extend the Town Lake trail in exchange for a variance to build closer to Town Lake. Is it worth it?

"...E. Riverside were purchased recently by CWS (indeed, one property has yet to close). Greg Miller, Austin VP for..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Up or Out?

Debates over open space and neighborhoods are the discourse of community

"...last week's Home Builders Association ads portraying unidentified older property owners as the particular losers under the ordinance. "The..."

June 16, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...gentrification of their neighborhoods and the ridiculous increase in property taxes brought about by skyrocketing property values? Sell their..."

June 2, 2006 Column

Blames PODER

"...gentrification of their neighborhoods and the ridiculous increase in property taxes brought about by skyrocketing property values? Sell their..."

May 30, 2006 Postmarks

City Hammers Out Budget, Crosses Fingers for Katrina Evacuee Reimbursements

2005-06 money is ready to spend

"...2005-06 budget with yeoman efficiency Monday, keeping the same property tax rate as last year. Any thoughts of a..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers

A farewell to faitful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities

"...in favor of the permanent government of money and property. No diatribes today, but I'll be in favor of..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers

A farewell to faithful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities

"...in favor of the permanent government of money and property. No diatribes today, but I'll be in favor of..."

June 10, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Up From the Slime – Commissioners Push for Water Quality Rules

Interim county development rules leave everyone dissatisfied

"...can fit fewer houses on any given piece of property, and that cuts into profits – especially since home..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Making Ends Meet

The new AISD budget hurts, but less than in past years

"..."Robin Hood." Under this system, AISD is classified as "property-wealthy" and will return $136 million of its $732 million..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Mission, Not Accomplished

The city's draft budget is on the table, and the cuts just keep on coming

"...$20 million in the red, even with a (marginal) property tax increase to the effective rate, without an average..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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