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"...the street, they were always divisive. "Too Dallas," the scuttlebutt went. Disgruntled ex-employees were suing over unpaid salaries. Kiss..."

"...half-billion to that total, while the House aims to cut $5 billion. With rising enrollment and an increase in..."

"...Jackson, running on a platform that would end property taxes and the business franchise tax while expanding sales taxes...."

"...the 2010-11 biennial state budget face falling revenues, a tax base overdue for effective reform, rising unemployment, falling health-insurance..."

"...• The Texas Lege scuttled out of town again Monday, having accomplished in special..."

"...Judge John Dietz's 2004 ruling that the state property tax cap is an unconstitutional statewide property tax, but disagreed..."

"...year's political campaigns, lest you see like-minded phrases like "cut taxes," "increase funding for education," "protect the middle class,"..."

"...Futrell's proposed FY 2004 budget -- including its 7.2% property-tax increase -- as long as the city pursued further..."

"...2) The people of Travis County have the highest tax burden of any major county in the state...."

"...years came during the fight over George W. Bush's tax plan in 1997. Its research showed that Bush's tax..."

"...the early 1960s on for over 25 years in executive branch enforcement positions overseeing President Johnson's Great Society programs..."

"...changing political landscape. His abrupt change of direction on tax policy demonstrates how fast Bullock can move. In March..."

"...the session, Tuesday, January 8. The State Budget and Taxes..."

"...affordability argument won out over arguments against education spending cuts...."

"...think if you just looked at how much property tax money the district is scheduled to collect over the..."

"...Bush's legendary exhortation to "make the pie higher." Property tax recapture – that is, moving education funding from where..."

"...So Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose think taxes are "low" in Texas ["Leave No Child Behind," Oct...."

"...seems only logical -- particularly in light of national cuts to veterans' benefits -- to provide assistance to the..."

"...seems only logical -- particularly in light of national cuts to veterans' benefits -- to provide assistance to the..."

"...seems only logical -- particularly in light of national cuts to veterans' benefits -- to provide assistance to the..."

"...article on Jan. 26, 2001 ["Cleaning House"], regarding my tax credit project, Spring Valley Townhomes. The article, as I..."

"...there it was downhill, via Social Security, Medicare, and tax relief, until the governor finally arrived at his only..."

"...next fiscal year, the result of a half-cent property tax increase which will bring $1.2 million into city coffers...."

"...moment. Having said that, if Council asks for more cuts to APD's budget, what would your response be?..."

"...helped pass an interlocal government agreement to collect property taxes, inspiring him to write his master's thesis on the..."

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

"...• Civilian wages, employee benefits, tax rates, and utility rates..."

"...on the city's revenues, primarily from property and sales taxes, supplemented by utility income. Although these are very preliminary..."

"...in 2013 even to partially restore the savage 2011 cuts to public education – and in every session the..."

"...a few more programs or services made threadbare by cuts over the last few years...."