Last week, the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association ( SAPOA ) reached a collective bargaining agreement that will allow the city to spend more than$ 100 million on a <a href="https://thetexan.news/issues/texas-taxes-spending/texas-largest-city-budgets-outpace-population-inflation-growth/article_df965de5-f3a4-4f5b-8f06-340786eafc65.html”>tight budget over the next three years. A summary of the agreement prepared by the town manager shows that
This November, Texas voters will have a number of significant elections to choose, including a U.S. Senate race that is gaining national attention. Voters in some of the country’s largest jurisdictions will even determine whether to grant bonds to their state, town, or school district to borrow more money, lower down the ballot, though. Many
In the last ten years, the costs of Texas ‘ largest counties have increased by two thirds, though Harris, Travis, and Dallas regions have seen the biggest increases. Local governments in Texas are currently preparing costs for the most recent fiscal year, which will start on October 1 for the majority of regions. Just Dallas
City councils in Texas are all grappling with deficits or deficits as they prepare expenses for the upcoming fiscal year. Costs have boomed over the past ten years in comparison to the rates of population growth and prices. A number of the five largest cities in Texas ‘ budget documents attribute shortfalls to a combination
The U. S. The Northern District of Texas prosecutor’s office announced a national program called Project Safe Schools to fight abuse in public schools. The program is intended to protect students, enforce transparency, and restore accountability in public schools across North Texas, according to a press release released on August 18. ” Forney Independent School
On Tuesday, August 11, the Fort Worth City Council voted overwhelmingly to start the process of enacting a 90-day ban on the city’s data center design. Additionally, the town established the Fort Worth Data Center and Infrastructure Commission, which is led by Texas Christian University’s Dr. Mike Slattery, the institute’s director of environmental studies. Additionally,
A visiting district court judge has declined to change the orders appointing a Republican candidate to provide as an interim state prosecutor for the majority of 2026 due to the legal complexities looming over Fort Bend County brought on by the criminal conviction of its chief executive. After being charged with felony money laundering and
A recent survey bolsters the claim that immigrants on work visas are draining away from the North Texas real estate market. However, both economic and political factors may be at play, according to market research and a leading agent who works with people from India who move to the United States for jobs. Texas home
People ‘ group Grassroots Granbury has filed recall petitions, collected signatures for no confidence vote, and sued City of Granbury officials, claiming that they need accountability and transparency regarding the city’s alleged data center improvements. A voter initiative will require less than 100 signatures in order for Mayor Jim Jarratt, Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Wadley,
The board of directors of the Midland Independent School District ( ISD ) unanimously voted to sue Texas Education Agency ( TEA ) Commissioner Mike Morath over the state’s” Robin Hood” recapture system for school funding on Tuesday. Property-wealthy school towns receive a portion of their property tax revenue from the condition to property-poor districts
Rich Paces, the region director, R-PCT. 2 ) is urging Texas regulators to impose stricter control over battery energy storage systems ( BESS), arguing that the rapidly expanding facilities present risks to property values, fire, and environmental risk. BESS collects energy and stores it for later use, which might also be known as electrical energy
For SpaceX’s” Terafab” project in Grimes County, the Independent School District ( ISD ) and Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District ( CISD ) voted to pass a partial tax abatement agreement. In both Iola ISD and Anderson-Shiro CISD on Tuesday, the four-phase Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation ( JETI ) application was approved by a