Dallas County Prop A asks voters to keep a 24.865-cent rate for homelessness, mental health and housing programs. County taxes rise either way. The vote decides whether the median homestead pays $666.52 or $602.19, and whether about $102.9 million goes to those programs.
AUSTIN / DALLAS-FORT WORTH , Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened a statewide investigation on Sept. 24, 2026, into hundreds of data center developments that have not answered the Texas Water Development Board’s water-use survey, and the Office of the Attorney General’s county list expressly includes Dallas and Tarrant. The probe is about reporting compliance, … Read more
MESQUITE , Mesquite ISD voters will decide Proposition A, a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. If approved, the district says Proposition A is projected to generate about $16 million in additional maintenance and operations revenue each year for staff pay, student programs, and campus security. The ask comes after the district … Read more
COPPELL — Coppell ISD trustees adopted a 2026–27 property tax rate of $0.9857 per $100 of assessed value on Aug. 24, 2026, a $0.0038 increase from the prior year, while approving a general fund budget that still runs a $3.5 million deficit after the district trimmed about $4.7 million from last year’s gap. The district’s … Read more
IRVING — Irving ISD voters will decide a nearly $952 million bond package on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, with four separately voted propositions and a projected tax-rate impact of 12.5 cents if all pass, or about $20.83 a month on a $340,000 home with the standard homestead exemption, according to the district’s official Bond 2026 … Read more
GARLAND — Garland ISD’s published 2026 tax-rate table shows an adopted total rate of $1.13930 per $100 of valuation, a $0.0316 decrease from the 2025 rate of $1.1709, with Maintenance and Operations set at $0.75530 and Interest and Sinking held at $0.38400. Those figures come straight from the district’s Property Tax Payments page, which posts … 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
DALLAS — Dallas ISD moved from ballot victory to campus-level design work on Sept. 26, 2026, hosting a BIG Design Charrette at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts to start delivering the voter-approved $6.2 billion Bond 2026 program. The Hub, the district’s official newsroom, described the Saturday event as the … Read more