Texas attorney general tells 4 cities to drop tax hikes amid investigations into incomplete audits By Editor | |By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Oct. 3, 2025“Texas attorney general tells 4 cities to drop tax hikes amid investigations into incomplete audits” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. ODESSA — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding that four cities suspend their property tax increases as his office investigates whether they broke a new state law. Greg Abbott in May, forbids local governments from raising property taxes if they are not complying with the state’s auditing requirements. Shape the future of Texas at the 15th annual Texas Tribune Festival, happening Nov. 13–15 in downtown Austin!