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The Texas Rural Reporter provides commentary, research and news content on the politics of healthcare, education, culture, and economic development and it's written by a rural Texan who is living, working, and thriving in rural Texas.
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Who Is the Texas Tax Man? (opens the original)
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If you ask who collects property taxes in Texas, the answer is simple. It is not the State of Texas. School districts, cities, counties, and other local taxing entities collect property taxes.But if the question is who controls the property tax system, the answer gets more complicated.That question has been on my mind as a newspaper editor running local tax notices, and it’s back in the statewide political conversation. We talk about property taxes as though there is one tax man, and the argumen
Interview with Caitlin Rourk for Texas CD 10 (opens the original)
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I sat down today with Caitlin Rourk, the Democratic nominee for Texas Congressional District 10, for a conversation that went well beyond the usual campaign talking points. Rourk is an interesting candidate. She is an Army officer, mom and former private-sector executive who says she is running on government accountability, stronger public schools, immigration reform and protecting communities.We talked about the unusual redistricting story surrounding TX-10, the role political insiders played i
If Texas Rural Reporter matters to you, here’s how to help (opens the original)
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Hi friends,If you’re reading this, you’re already part of Texas Rural Reporter — and I’m grateful for that.A lot of you read for free, share stories, send me tips, forward the newsletter and help spread the word. That matters.But as Texas Rural Reporter grows, I’m working to make the reporting more consistent and more sustainable.The goal is simple: show up every week for rural Texas.That means the weekly column and our podcast continue, and we’re expanding our work to add news stories, the Rura
This Is Texas (opens the original)
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During the fall of any given election year, my Twitter/X feed is usually all Texas Longhorn football and Texas politics. Boy, did those two worlds collide this past week when the conversation turned to race.It started after the Longhorns’ big comeback win over Ohio State — Hook ’Em — when Bo French, the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission, posted a photograph of South Asian students celebrating at the game and complained that Americans were being “displaced by foreigners”.The re
Texans Already Settled This (opens the original)
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Ready. Set. Go. Election season is officially here.Conventional wisdom in politics says voters begin paying attention after Labor Day. And when election season collides with football season, campaigns know where to find us—watching our favorite teams.Political money is about to flood the airwaves. During timeouts and halftime, candidates and political groups will compete for our attention.Watching the Cowboys game Sunday night, you may have noticed the commercialswere already running.One commerc
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