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Travis Central Appraisal District

First-ever opportunity to elect appraisal board members

Right now local voters are of course focused on the Super Tuesday primary elections of March 5th, but another election two months later should...

Trust, but verify

We would like to think people in our nation’s highest offices adhere to the highest ethical principles.Yet recent news reports have exposed U.S. Supreme...

Announcing the Government Accountability Project

Local officials manage government organizations that spend billions of our tax dollars. They should always act in the public interest—not for personal profit. We...

Appraisal district finally has a deputy chief

Leana Mann promoted from within to take the post vacant for more than two yearsLeana Mann started working for the Travis Central Appraisal District...

Appraisal district looks to avoid rocky 2022

Spiking property values mean unhappy taxpayers, more appraisal protests, and a bigger workload at the Appraisal Review BoardThe board of the Travis Central Appraisal...

Appraisal rolls certified on time…for a change

Despite massive attrition suffered by the Appraisal Review Board that conducts formal protest hearings For the first time in three years the Travis Central Appraisal...

TCAD pares back budget hike to 12.8 percent

TCAD plans multiyear spending increases to cope with growing workload. The Travis Central Appraisal District plans to increase its budget by 12.8 percent next year...

TCAD asking for 24 percent budget jump

While cities and counties are limited by state law to 3.5 percent revenue increases and school districts are limited to 2.5 percent increases (unless...