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Homeowners Outside Houston Could End Up Paying Higher Tax Bills After Harvey
Posted on · A report by the Dallas Fed raises concerns
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Exploring the Power of — and Potential Problems with — Municipal Utility Districts
Posted on · We’ve discussed municipal utility districts (or MUDs) before. They provide public utilities — electricity, gas, water, phone lines and so forth — to otherwise unincorporated areas on the outskirts of a town or city without actually tapping into that city’s existing infrastructure. There are a thousand such MUDs in the state of Texas run by […]
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Transgender Rights Challenges: Tuesday’s Show (August 30, 2016)
Posted on · Last week (Aug. 22, 2016), U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of Texas ruled the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education exceeded their authority when they applied Title IX’s ban on gender discrimination in public schools to policies regarding transgender students’ use of facilities, like locker rooms and bathrooms. The federal agencies had concluded — and […]