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Charles Blain focuses on the issues impacting urban and suburban communities now that will shape the future of Texas for years to come. Texas Tomorrow, a show dedicated to covering the issues important to families living in the fastest growing parts of Texas.

  1. −18 h

    The Hidden Cost of Rising Home Prices

    Texas home prices are still climbing in some of the state’s most expensive communities; can the property‑tax system keep up without shifting costs onto everyone else? The places seeing the biggest dollar jumps tell us something important about who pays for local government.

  2. 9 juli

    San Antonio’s 33-Year Tax Streak Is About to End — And Every Texas City Should Be Watching

    San Antonio hasn’t raised its property tax rate in 33 years.  But with a $172 million deficit looming, a September 17 council vote ahead, and projections showing the shortfall could grow to $264 million by 2031, the city is nearing a choice it can’t avoid: raise the rate by the maximum allowed without an election or cut more than $130 million in services. This Texas Tomorrow episode uses San Antonio as the warning flare for every major Texas city squeezed between the state’s 3.5% revenue cap, rising public-safety and infrastructure costs, and years of deferred budget decisions.

  3. 2 juli

    They Got Caught. Now What?

    The homestead exemption investigation is producing results. The Harris County Appraisal District is reviewing 19 Doors Holdings properties, and Austin’s St. Tropez Rentals LLC just had its illegal exemption flagged as a vendor error and corrected. But the loopholes that made all of this possible are still on the books, and Senator Bettencourt is warning cheaters that the attorney general may be coming for them next.

  4. 25 juni

    Who Pays for Property Tax Fraud?

    Across the state, property owners are claiming ineligible exemptions, but who covers the cost?

  5. 18 juni

    Who Has the Power to Handle Data Farms?

    With no zoning powers, counties are coming up with unique ways to stop emerging data centers. Will they work?

  6. 11 juni

    Corpus Christi’s Cost of Indecision

    Texas' eighth-largest city is on track to become one of the first major U.S. cities to run short of water — and it just spent 15 hours deciding not to decide, while its mayor fights removal in court.

  7. 4 juni

    Can Government Combat Loneliness?

    If loneliness kills as many men as smoking, why isn't a single Texas county treating it like the public health emergency it is?

  8. 28 maj

    What Happens When Cities Leave their Regional Transit Authorities?

    Highland Park has left DART—the first city to do so in 37 years. Might this start a trend?

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Charles Blain focuses on the issues impacting urban and suburban communities now that will shape the future of Texas for years to come. Texas Tomorrow, a show dedicated to covering the issues important to families living in the fastest growing parts of Texas.

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  • Aktiva år
    2023 - 2026
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