Tarrant County Budget: $834M Plan and Your 2026 Tax Bill

Tarrant County Administration Building on Weatherford Street in Fort Worth, where commissioners adopted the Tarrant County budget

Tarrant County’s approved FY2027 budget totals $834,076,906, about $10.6 million more than last year, on an 18.60-cent rate that sits just under no-new-revenue. Departments asked for $985.9 million. The budget book shows what got cut, what grew and why median and average homes move in opposite directions.

Dallas County Prop A: What the Homelessness Tax Costs You

Stone facade of the Dallas County Records Building, where commissioners called the Dallas County Prop A election

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.

Collin College Bond: What the $600M Nov. 3 Measure Would Build

Collin College McKinney Campus building seen across a lawn, one of the sites in the Collin College bond plan

Collin College’s single $600 million bond measure would expand workforce and academic buildings and add campuses in Anna and Royse City. The state-required voter document estimates up to $20.18 a year per $100,000 homestead, while the college expects a flat rate.

Fort Worth Schedules Nov. 10 Hearing on Data Center Moratorium, DCIC Report

Data center server racks and Fort Worth policy overlay for Nov. 10 moratorium hearing

FORT WORTH, The City of Fort Worth has set Nov. 10, 2026, for a special called work session at 4 p.m. on the Data Center & Infrastructure Commission report and a 6 p.m. council meeting that serves as the first of two required public hearings toward a data-center development moratorium, following Aug. 11 actions that … Read more

Lewisville ISD Adopts $1.0778 Tax Rate, Lowest Since at Least 1999

Lewisville ISD campus exterior tax rate

LEWISVILLE, Lewisville ISD trustees adopted a 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.0778 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 27, 2026, the lowest total the district says it has set since at least 1999, while still projecting a $7.3 million operating deficit driven largely by staff pay and health-insurance costs. The maintenance and operations (M&O) piece … Read more

Prosper ISD Cuts Tax Rate to $1.2011 Beside $42.2M Budget Shortfall

Prosper ISD budget booklet tax rate shortfall

PROSPER, Prosper ISD trustees cut the district’s 2026-27 property tax rate to $1.2011 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 24, 2026, a $0.0130 drop from $1.2141, while the earlier June budget package still showed a combined $42.2 million shortfall against a $565.6 million spending plan. Chief Financial Officer Keri Croy, speaking in board materials covered … Read more

McKinney Keeps $0.412284 Tax Rate on $880.5M FY2026-27 Budget

McKinney city hall exterior FY2026-27 budget

MCKINNEY, McKinney City Council adopted an approximately $880.5 million Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget on Sept. 1, 2026, and held the city property tax rate at $0.412284 per $100 of taxable value, the same total as the prior year, according to the city’s official news release and budget table. The all-funds total on the city’s Budget … Read more