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Year: 2015

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Why isn’t the City of Houston balancing its budget?

January 2, 2015 Kevin Whited

We all “know” that the City of Houston must balance its budget every year under state law.  Correct? Technically, that’s true, and under the cash method of accounting, the City of Houston has been fulfilling

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Houston is #1 (rah RAH!) — or is it?

January 2, 2015 Kevin Whited

In 2014, the Houston area began to receive any number of overdue accolades for our quality of life, amenities, diversity, food culture, etc. Over any given week, it seems that some publication or organization was

Commentary

City may face lower sales tax collections on top of massive budget deficits

January 1, 2015 Kevin Whited

Likely mayoral candidate and former Chronicle columnist Bill King released a short note on City of Houston sales tax collections, the City’s budget assumptions, and the City’s looming budget deficits as the area economy is

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Happy 2015! (and more than a few challenges that await…)

January 1, 2015 Kevin Whited

Thanks, as always, for checking in on the blog over the past year. Life intruded somewhat at the end of the year, so posting slowed down a bit (okay, more than a bit), but we

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