ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Analysis: Property tax relief that doesn’t lower your tax bill

Texas lawmakers tried to lower property tax bills during their 2019 session, and a new report says they put a dent in the problem: Taxes aren’t rising as quickly as they would have. But they didn’t solve it: Property taxes are still rising.

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Posted 4/4/22

Three years ago, Texas lawmakers were trying to honor a promise to cut property taxes and raise the state’s share of the cost of public education. They did it — and they didn’t. …

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