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Lina Hidalgo's proposed tax-rate hike for Harris County education programs fails for the second year in a row

Lina Hidalgo's proposed tax-rate hike for Harris County education programs fails for the second year in a row
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The rejection came almost one year after commissioners voted against Hidalgo's first penny-tax proposal and said the county judge's efforts to pass the measure to support a slate of education programs disrupted decorum as she brought a group of children to the meeting in 2025.

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