Gail McIntire said she just wanted to do the right thing by calling her county assessor’s office and asking to be taken off the list of people over age 65 eligible for a senior property-tax break.

Q1: If elected, how do you plan to work to up voter registration numbers within the county? Q2: How do you plan to improve overall on time tax payments? A1: I think that early education of our young ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Jefferson County officially has a new tax assessor-collector as of this morning. Kate Carroll, who ran as a Republican, was sworn in Thursday morning as the newest tax ...

Jefferson County's longtime Tax Assessor Collector will not be seeking reelection. Allison Nathan Getz on June 8 sent a letter to Judge Jeff Branick and the Commissioner's Court announcing her ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The process to find a successor for Jefferson County Assessor Jack Westerman III began in earnest earlier this week when the two candidates were interviewed in an open session by ...

Jefferson County's tax assessor filed a lawsuit against the county this afternoon seeking to block planned cutbacks in his office during a financial meltdown in county government that has led to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GOLDEN — One of the candidates seeking to oversee Jefferson County’s property tax system as its next assessor owes thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes at ...

Jefferson County Assessor Yvonne Hawkins Humphrey has announced she is seeking another term in the 2018 Democratic Party primary. Humphrey has been county assessor since 2011 and “remains steadfast in ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Assessor Jack Westerman III plans to retire Jan. 1, one year shy of the end of his ninth term. Westerman presented a brief letter of resignation to the county ...

Gloria Tillman, chief deputy assessor, is running for Jefferson County assessor. She's seeking the position currently held by Yvonne Humphrey, who will retire, according to a spokesman in the assessor ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Republican Kate Carroll will become Jefferson County’s next Tax Assessor-Collector after winning in the general election on Tuesday. Carroll beat Democrat Rashawn "Shawn" Webb-Locke.