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If you find an error, emailEconomic uncertainty, inflation, strict state limits on property tax collections and uncertainty around future federal funds have crimped local budgets.Despite efforts by Texas lawmakers to ease property tax bills, increases in expenses like insurance and utilities ate into that tax relief.Suburban officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth region have enacted rules aimed at curtailing a sweeping new state law to allow more apartments.Texas cities and counties have already had their budgets compressed by a variety of factors, including the state’s current property tax limits.The GOP push to redraw the state’s congressional maps isn’t just a partisan move but one that deeply affects how Texans are represented in Congress.Senators moved fast on Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special session. With House Democrats back in Texas, bills can now move through that chamber.The proposal would put tighter limits on how much property tax revenue cities and counties of a certain size can collect each year.Republican state lawmakers want to curb property tax bills by further limiting how much can be collected by cities and counties.
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