In August, the Austin City Council approved a 2026 budget with a $33 million deficit. To cover the shortfall, the city is asking voters to approve Proposition Q on Nov.
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Twitter Facebook Linkedin View the full report as a PDF. With a record $33 billion carryover balance in 2023, lawmakers spent $23 billion on a massive property tax cut package
Twitter Facebook Linkedin This week, the Texas House and Senate laid out their initial funding proposals for the 2026-27 biennium in budget bills HB 1 and SB 1. These bills
Twitter Facebook Linkedin https://youtu.be/TZmNetvDroE Today, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his office’s Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) for the 2026-27 biennium. This estimate tells the Legislature how much tax revenue they
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The budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, the Legislature is tasked with making important decisions on allocating our tax dollars to the
As the allies, educators, and parents of Texas’ 5.5 million public school students, we urge the Texas Legislature to prioritize our children’s public education. Texans of all backgrounds, from Amarillo
Instead of focusing on increasing the basic allotment for schools, the primary per-student funding amount, the Legislature set its sights on defunding public education with costly tax cuts. When the