No panic due in Texas Congressional redistricting | Abilene pol’s poor grasp of property tax system – Pratt on Texas 7/28/2025

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: The problem with the attempt to panic people over Texas’ mid-decade Congressional redistricting effort in the special called session: There really isn’t much big Democrat states can do to offset such as they’ve already done the super partisan job of drawing out Republican seats and, more importantly, they’ve lost population.

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Blaise Regan, Abilene city council member – Place 3

Abilene city Councilman Regan either doesn’t understand the basics of how the property tax system works or, he is willfully misleading the public when he puts the blame for tax increases upon increased appraised values. Does he not even know what is the No New Revenue Rate?

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