Minimum-Wage Delays

Republican pork tax breaks are holding up the much ballyhooed minimum-wage raises Democrats promised

"...puts it more eloquently in a recent op-ed, the tax cuts for small businesses that Senate Republicans insist be..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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

Lege Lines

Budget fight on the horizon, GOP leadership spat, TMF thwarts anti-choice measures, and more

"...Budget Battle Here! Taxes Fight Over There!..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Triumph in the Lege?

Lawmakers could pass tax legislation before it's curtains on Tuesday, handing the governor and lawmakers something to crow about when they return to the campaign trail

"...crow – the legislative package would represent the biggest tax bill in Texas history – but the rousing "We..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Top 10 Hits

Proposed Budget Cuts Have Some Singing the Blues

"...including privatization and using a portion of Austin's bed tax revenue that goes to the Austin Convention & Visitors..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Point Austin: Cliff Diving

The practice of government by self-extortion

"...the White House surrendered on extending the Bush high-income tax cuts (and weakening the estate tax) in return for..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Straus' Budget Stretch

Committee member casts doubt on speaker's deficit proposals

"...Appropriations Committee that he is looking for "a balanced, no-new-taxes state budget." However, committee member Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin,..."

May 12, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Music of the Spheres

We cannot work together unless we can talk to each other

"...position has been validated. The left complained about huge tax cuts for the richest Americans with relatively small cuts..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Exploring Mars trumps health care; and Bush's tax cuts have spurred spending … by the rich people who got one

"...I have wonderful news for you: George W.'s latest tax cuts are working! They're now being credited with having..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two

If you want to cut government spending, legalize pot, plus more pearls on government spending (or lack thereof) and the Austin Film and Green festivals.

"...and education. Given budget shortfalls in this state, massive cuts were unavoidable. Nationally, shortfalls aren't such an issue because..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The war in Iraq has diverted our attention from other important matters, including a truly destructive proposed federal budget, mirrored by Texas' very own fiscal abyss.

"...no problem, assuring that there will be no new taxes and offering zero-balance budgeting as a strategy. Any number..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

In the wake of the Republican Dream Team's electoral sweep, expect the governmental services you depend on to be diminished.

"...themselves as populists, the people's candidates, promising to cut taxes, decrease the cost of health care, and build more..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...same pollution controls that go on cars. That alone cuts average pollution from new vehicles in half. Tier 2..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Less Is Still Less

A session budgetary snapshot reflects some progress, dim prospects

"...have been dominated by the potential effects of proposed cuts to public education. Those numbers hit Austin hard: More..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...and Equal Protection clauses for his immigration orders; the Taxing and Spending Clause for threatening to withhold federal funds..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Point Austin: A Thanksgiving Miscellany

Picking the bones of Thanksgiving blessings

"...put politics ahead of their country" and allow the tax cuts in favor of those making more than $1..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Column by Michael King

A Special Agenda

The leading proposals focus on cutting taxes and finding substitute funds

"...Property Tax Cuts..."

April 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege

"...voluntary pollution control, stingy health and human services, huge tax cuts. "The trance appears to have broken," said one..."

April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: On the Border and Elsewhere, Gov. Abbott Suffers the Little Children

Best governor in the nation? Depends on who you ask.

"...from the bedrock trickle-down principle, “If you cut the taxes of billionaires … you will be handsomely rewarded by..."

July 21, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Ott Strikes Back

City Manager responds to blogger accusations

"...his fill of scurrilous criticism. After a couple of tax-obsessed bloggers first implied that city budget policies are deceptive,..."

June 16, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: The Cloudy Crystal Ball

If you're wondering what the new Lege will do, look to its predecessors

"...growing again," Kronberg told his Channel 8 audience, "but tax revenues are at a 2006 level despite the state's..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Left Unstated

A few omissions in the governor's State of the State

"...failed formula of the last eight years – more tax cuts and less regulation – can't cure. He inveighed..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Five-Card Draw

It's still early, but the governor's race bears a closer look

"...real needs") allowed a cynical Lege sleight-of-hand with property taxes for a whopping bill that will come due in..."

July 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Suffer the Little Children

The Lege cutbacks to CHIP and social services have little to do with fiscal conservatism

"...and Human Services Commission continues to look for further cuts, despite having already reached the budgetary limits imposed by..."

April 9, 2004 News Column by Michael King

How Can We Miss Them If They Won't Go Away?

Although the Die is not quite Sine, the buzz is already of a Legislative special session.

"...university tuition deregulation, potentially worth a half-billion dollars in "nontax" methods of balancing the budget. There is passing enthusiasm..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Michael King

'Surely We're All Worth a Nickel?'

Will AISD flinch from tax election?

"...Austin Independent School District has one of the lowest tax rates in Central Texas and in its own recent..."

Aug. 23, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Word About "Wards"

The homestead exemption is not just a feeble "tool," it's an inequitable one

"...mantra, most recently in the debate over the property tax homestead exemption. It started at the Austin Ameri­can-Statesman, responding..."

June 19, 2015 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

Lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do so many times – approve a new education funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper

"...that doesn't look half bad on paper. The new tax plan, which Perry said he will sign "with great..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...What to Do With My Tax Cut?..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...his proposal, the votes were not there. -- K.V. Tax Reform Taxing..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature

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