AUSTIN, Texas - Austin City Council approved a $6.3 billion budget for 2025-26 last week, but the move has been met with swift pushback.

With a $33 million deficit, Austin City Council is now pursuing a tax rate election in November with a possible 5-cent increase per $100 on property taxes, which adds up to a little more than $25 per month for the average Austin homeowner.

Pushback against $6.3B budget

The other side:

Former Austin Mayoral candidate Jeff Bowen has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Kirk Watson and the entire City Council due to the ballot language.

Former Travis County judge and Austin attorney Bill Aleshire is representing Bowen.

"The purpose of this tax increase is to give this City Council and all City Councils in the future more money to spend on anything they see

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