Texas

2025 saw an intensification of state and local tax fights across the country, as well as growing experimentation with local-option taxes, levies, fees, and tourism taxes aimed at keeping budgets afloat while also navigating political constraints imposed by state legislatures.

As we kick off a new year, several states are facing revenue shortfalls. Some lawmakers are approaching the challenge with sustainable and equitable solutions.

This proposal would disrupt the state’s housing market and jeopardize local revenues while doing very little to help workers and families struggling to pay their property tax bills – just as Prop 13 did in California.

With a little over a week left, some states are solidifying their spots on the tax policy “naughty or nice” list.

property tax debates are taking place throughout the nation.

States are increasingly facing difficult choices as revenues stagnate and deficits come clearer into focus.

State governments are rushing to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to data center construction, apparently without understanding their full costs.

The progressivity of the federal tax code has been waning. State and local policymakers should respond by protecting their revenue bases, promoting equity, and safeguarding vulnerable communities from harmful budget cuts.