City Budget Landscape

A property tax increase appears to be the most likely option for maintaining services while increasing employee pay.

Statutes and Limitations

Legal questions about the city’s obligation to pay its debts surround an effort to cap Knoxville’s property tax rate.

Tax Control

Tennessee State Capitol Building

A bill in the Tennessee Legislature would restrict the ability of local governments to raise property taxes without holding a referendum.

A Shifting Burden

Glenn Jacobs budget presentation

As Knox County Commission prepares to pass its 20th straight budget with no property tax increase, we look at what that means for county revenues and property owners.