Local officials have panned the new law, saying it goes too far and could undo basic city...
City Hall, shown Tuesday from the Chase Tower observation floor. City leaders proposed cutting their property tax rate on Wednesday, a move made necessary by a revenue cap approved by voters in 2004.Houston city attorneys on Monday filed a lawsuit against a new state law that blocks an array of local regulations, marking the first legal challenge to the sweeping crackdown on cities and counties.
The law limits local regulations to being no more restrictive than what’s “expressly authorized” in the state codes covering business, labor, property and other wide-ranging areas. It was signed into law last month by Gov. Greg Abbott after sailing through both chambers of the Republican-led Legislature.
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