Texas Legislature
It’s been almost 25 years since crews have cleaned the bed of White Rock Lake, which contains everything from basketballs to cigarette butts — and a whole lot of trash. District 9 Dallas City Councilwoman Paula Blackmon dressed up as a beaver covered in rubbish at last week’s council meeting and encouraged her colleagues to…
There is a small statewide special election on May 7th that would lower Texas property taxes. The ballot includes just two propositions. Both proposed amendments passed during the special legislative sessions in 2021 with bipartisan support from Texas lawmakers. Proposition 1 This would authorize the Texas legislature to lower property taxes for elderly and disabled…
New Years Day was more than just champagne hangovers and hefty drycleaning bills. Jan. 1, 2022, also ushered in a series of state laws that will affect various aspects of the real estate industry. Many of these new provisions are aimed at reducing the property tax burden and keeping more money in the pockets of…
Real estate topics took a back seat to big issues like the pandemic and power grid failures in 2021 with the Texas Legislature. Of the 3,800 bills enacted into law, real estate still got a little attention. Some of the welcome changes coming next week are due to lobbying efforts from the Texas Association of…
Unprecedented doesn’t even begin to describe what happened this month of a week we’ve all experienced. But area leaders are asking residents to share their experiences to help garner federal aid, inform legislators for upcoming hearings, and help understand exactly what went wrong. Texas Disaster Self-Reporting Tool FEMA Region 6 and the Texas Department of…
