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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...

TCAD loses landfill lawsuit at cost of nearly $1 million

Five local government agencies collecting property taxes will have to refund taxes already paid, plus interest What’s the true value of acreage used as a...

New offices for Travis Central Appraisal District

Fast tracking design and rehab of 44-year-old building already purchased The Travis Central Appraisal District has purchased a building more than twice the size of...

Deputy chief appraiser abruptly resigns

Hendry quits job just as The Austin Bulldog’s investigation was nearing conclusionMarya Crigler (seen in the lead photo, above) runs the Travis Central Appraisal...

Appraisal Review Board heads off lawsuit

Board votes to accept the results of June 4 protest hearings So it looks like property owners and their tax agents won’t be suing the...

New procedures undermine appraisal protests

Chief appraiser’s unilateral policy changes add more formal hearings and increase costs Marya Crigler, who was named chief appraiser of the Travis Central Appraisal District...