Garland Cuts Tax Rate to 67.99 Cents, Sets November Vote to Shift 3 Cents to Operations

Garland city hall civic facade with FY2026-27 tax rate and November shift election banner

GARLAND, The Garland City Council adopted the fiscal year 2026-27 operating budget and a property tax rate of 67.99 cents per $100 of taxable value on Aug. 17, 2026, about one cent lower than the current rate, while calling a November tax-rate election that would ask voters to shift three cents from debt service to … Read more

Mesquite ISD Puts Prop A VATRE on Nov. 3 for About $16M a Year

Mesquite ISD school board meeting for Proposition A VATRE ballot story.

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

Irving ISD Puts $952M Bond With 12.5-Cent Impact on Nov. 3

Irving ISD school campus building bond election North Texas

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