Grassroots advocacy group asks Austin City Council to adopt Tax Rate Election

Grassroots advocacy group asks Austin City Council to adopt Tax Rate Election

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council is days away from passing the city's budget for the next fiscal year. Grassroots advocacy group Vocal Texas has called for council members to adopt a Tax Rate Election (TRE) to help fund programs like housing and homelessness services, harm reduction, and public health. Leaders of Vocal Texas held a joint press conference with several council members, service providers, and labor leaders outside City Hall on T…

Austin city council deciding how much higher to raise the tax rate?

The Austin City Council is preparing to vote on how much more Austinites should pay in taxes. Council members are supporting a tax rate election or TRE in Novem