Taxes

Dallas County is considering whether to supplement judges salaries for merit or cost of living in the 2026 fiscal year budget, while facing nearly $30 million higher operations costs.

Priorities and action recommended by the county's budget staff were discussed with commissioners in a workshop ahead of a Sept. 9 vote to adopt the fiscal year plan.

The Denton ISD school board voted Tuesday night to put a property tax rate increase, known as Proposition A, on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The 2025 sales tax holiday begins Friday, Aug. 8, and goes through midnight Sunday. The exemption only applies to qualifying items determined by the Texas Comptroller’s office.

A tax increase could help the city close the $25 million budget gap projected for 2026 without making cuts that would negative impact police and firefighters.

The federal taxes are from 2015 and 2019, according to a notice of lien. Two Arlington council members told KERA News the mayor's personal finances haven't impacted his work as a city leader.

The bill is moving quickly through Congress and could reshape life for millions of Texans.

The first inclination that downtown businesses weren’t interested in raising taxes to pay for the Downtown Denton Ambassador Program appeared on social media in March, shortly after news dropped that the Denton City Council had asked staff to gauge interest in doing so.

Dallas County commissioners court supported June as Immigrant Heritage month, as Commissioner Elba Garcia recommended in the court's regular meeting this week.

On Thursday, the U.S. House narrowly passed a sweeping bill that slashes about $3.8 trillion in taxes by scaling back social safety net programs including Medicaid and SNAP.

With school vouchers out of the way, what priorities remain as the Legislature heads to sine die?

Local officials, school advocates and tax policy experts said such a proposal could have dire impacts on basic services.