EDITORIAL

Legislature rams through amendment making it easier to raise property taxes without adequate notice

Legislators used "outside the bounds" maneuvers to slip in an amendment that strips public notice requirements of an upcoming tax rate increase.

Posted 5/26/19

This is a sad day in the history of governance in Texas. Saturday night, in less than an hour's time,  both houses of the Texas Legislature overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the property …

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