DALLAS , Dallas City Council approved a Fiscal Year 2026-27 operating and capital budget totaling $5.66 billion, including a $2.05 billion General Fund, and cut the property tax rate by one-tenth of a cent to 69.78 cents per $100 of valuation, according to the city’s official Sept. 16, 2026 release. The fiscal year began Oct. … Read more
FORT WORTH — Fort Worth City Council unanimously tabled a proposed 50% property tax abatement for Edged Data Centers’ planned $1 billion facility on about 186 acres at Veale Ranch during its March 31, 2026 meeting, after council members and residents pressed for clearer local benefits, noise and water limits, and grid oversight. The item, … Read more
GRAND PRAIRIE — The City of Grand Prairie published a Texas Tax Code public notice that its City Council would consider a tax abatement agreement with Amazon Data Services, Inc. for a large-scale data center campus estimated at $10 billion in improvements, about 800,000 square feet of space, and roughly 750 new full-time jobs over … 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
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
Dalton millage rate: the council approved a lower tax increase after residents pushed back. The Dalton millage rate decision gives households a clearer measure of what changed after the public hearings. DALTON, Ga. – Dalton City Council on Monday, Sept. 22, 2026, voted unanimously to set the city’s 2026 millage rate at 1.551 mills, stepping … Read more
Why the Hastings city budget matters Hastings city budget: the council settled its FY27 appropriation and property tax request after a mayoral tie-break. HASTINGS, Neb. – A divided Hastings City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, approved next year’s annual appropriation bill and property tax request after Mayor Jay Beckby cast the deciding vote to … Read more
By Mike Joe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, approved a roughly $2 billion fiscal year 2027 budget on an 18-1 vote and restored $4.9 million to an affordable housing trust fund that the Finance Committee had earlier stripped, according to Jacksonville Today reporting by Mike Mendenhall published Sept. 23, … Read more
By Mike Joe LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, voted 13-0 to authorize a notice of funding availability of nearly $467 million for construction and preservation of rental units citywide, according to MyNewsLA. Council members Heather Hutt and Tim McCosker were absent. The Housing Department is expected … Read more
By Mike Joe MOBILE, Ala. – Mobile City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a roughly $404 million budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, after a last-minute fight over about $1.5 million that had been set aside for the new downtown arena and turned out not to be needed, according to FOX10 / … Read more