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Greg Abbott to sign Texas property tax bill: What to know​

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is expected to sign new legislation offering property tax relief to homeowners in the state struggling with rising bills, on Monday.

If endorsed by voters in November, the measures pushed forward by the GOP-led Texas legislature would significantly lower the cost of homeownership for millions of Lone Star State residents, including seniors and disabled owners, at a cost of over $3 billion.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/g...ill-what-to-know/ar-AA1GOEYR?ocid=socialshare
 
And what does Texas intend to replace the lost revenue with?
 

Mitch Vexler: "Real Estate Taxes Have Become a Ponzi Scheme of Biblical Proportions"​

Jul 1, 2025
Local taxing authorities have over done it. Not content with merely feathering their own nests, they have done so fraudulently and deceitfully in open violation of both strict legal rules as well as moral boundaries.

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Long Island mayor quits after jacking up taxes 87%, costing village nearly $1.5M over antisemitism lawsuit​

A Long Island suburb found itself suddenly without a mayor — or nearly any government at all — when almost all the town’s top officials resigned Thursday after raising property taxes 87%.

Atlantic Beach’s longtime Mayor George Pappas abruptly stepped alongside his Deputy Mayor Charles Hammerman barely two months after causing a firestorm with a nearly 90% property tax hike — and just days after a nearly $1 million legal settlement was approved by the village board of trustees.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...semitism-lawsuit/ar-AA1HYhrx?ocid=socialshare
 
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