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Before Monday's Jack County Budget Hearing: Explore the Numbers
Before Jack County's Sep 28, 2026 budget and tax-rate hearing, use the new Budget Explorer to inspect line items, compare prior-year figures and see changes made after the Sep 10, 2026 work budget.
Jack County Responds to New Budget Transparency Requirements
Jack County has posted its September 28 agenda and 50-856 tax-rate records. The agenda sets a 10 a.m. public hearing on the proposed budget and tax rate. Here is what is now online, what we have not located and what taxpayers can review before Monday.
Monday’s Commissioners Court Meeting Cancellation: What We Know
The cancellation notice came at 8:04 Monday morning. At Friday’s budget workshop, I watched the Court finish the budget work that had been expected to continue Monday. Those are two different parts of the story.
How Jack County’s Budget Process Works: Budgets, HB 1522 and Truth-in-Taxation
Jack County’s budget, HB 1522 and Truth-in-Taxation are three connected but separate processes. Here is how they fit together, what the no-new-revenue rate means, how the Ross Fire changed the picture and what remains unresolved.