{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Texas Tomorrow","title":"San Antonio’s 33-Year Tax Streak Is About to End — And Every Texas City Should Be Watching\t","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/43df3c67\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":346,"description":"San Antonio hasn’t raised its property tax rate in 33 years. \nBut with a $172 million deficit looming, a September 17 council vote ahead, and projections showing the shortfall could grow to $264 million by 2031, the city is nearing a choice it can’t avoid: raise the rate by the maximum allowed without an election or cut more than $130 million in services.\nThis Texas Tomorrow episode uses San Antonio as the warning flare for every major Texas city squeezed between the state’s 3.5% revenue cap, rising public-safety and infrastructure costs, and years of deferred budget decisions.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8AFZ-P8-ggXWRrvZUlKPNSDTXSJFY_0mj5aoGiLiG2s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OTNi/M2QyODJjMmEyYmFi/NmRhOWU0Zjc3NTRh/NmU3MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}