MCKINNEY, Texas – McKinney ISD voters will decide five separate propositions on Nov. 3, 2026: a McKinney ISD VATRE that district officials say would net about $4.1 million a year after state recapture, plus a $500 million bond package split across Propositions B through E for schools, safety, technology, a training-pool repair, and stadium turf … Read more
The EMS ISD VATRE on Nov. 3, 2026, asks Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD voters in northwest Tarrant County whether to ratify a $1.2857 per $100 tax rate that the school board set in August, a ballot measure that would add about $6.16 million in maintenance and operations revenue for the 2026–27 school year. The official Notice … Read more
DENTON — Denton City Council held the first of two required public hearings on Sept. 22, 2026, on a proposed 90-day moratorium on new data-center development, as Core Scientific, the city’s largest data-center operator, has approached Denton Municipal Electric about leasing more public land south of its current site. The pause would give council time … Read more
DALLAS — Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s board of directors approved a $1.4 billion budget on Sept. 22, 2026, that returns some local funding to the agency’s 12 member cities under the General Mobility Program, according to KERA’s report of the board action. Board chair Randall Bryant said earlier in the month that the GMP is … Read more
ARLINGTON — Arlington City Council voted to keep the city’s property tax rate at $0.6298 per $100 of assessed value while adopting a $766 million Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget, according to a Sept. 16, 2026 city release. The fiscal year begins Oct. 1, 2026. The rate matches FY26. Council also said it will fully … Read more
FRISCO — Frisco ISD’s Board of Trustees adopted a 2026 tax rate of $1.0194 per $100 of valuation, unchanged from 2025, according to the district’s Sept. 4, 2026 release. The flat rate still means a higher school tax bill for the average home because appraised values rose. District math puts the average home at $551,246 … Read more
RICHARDSON — Richardson ISD trustees adopted a 2026–27 property tax rate of $1.1319 per $100 of valuation on Sept. 18, 2026, a $0.0267 increase from last year driven by higher debt-service costs for Bond 2025 even as the district cut its Maintenance and Operations rate to the lowest level in 42 years. The district’s official … Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas — The largest slice of Fort Worth’s voter-approved $845 million 2026 bond program remains the streets and mobility package: Proposition A at $511,480,700, according to the city’s official Bond Program pages, while September’s budget vote kept the municipal debt-service rate unchanged to protect borrowing capacity. Voters approved all six bond propositions on … Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth City Council approved a $3.33 billion Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget and a tax year 2026 property tax rate of $0.70565 per $100 of valuation, the city said in an official Sept. 15, 2026, release. The budget is up 10.81%, or just over $241 million, from the FY2026 adopted … Read more
MCKINNEY, Texas — McKinney ISD trustees set a total property tax rate of $1.0664 per $100 of taxable value for fiscal year 2026-27, a $0.0379 cut from the $1.1043 rate adopted for 2025-26, the district said in an official Sept. 17, 2026, release. Board President Amy Dankel framed the vote as a balance between classrooms … Read more