by TFR Staff | Feb 25, 2021 | Explainers
Following the disastrous Texas blackout in February 2021, TFR created the following video explaining part of the problem and potential solutions to safeguarding the life, liberty, and property of everyday Texans. While further reforms are most assuredly needed,...
by TFR Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | Texe Lege
Originally implemented in 2001, property tax abatements have exploded as local governments across Texas compete with each other in an endless cycle of targeted giveaways to big business. The time to end this unfair, costly, and crony practice has come. Defined...
by TFR Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | News, State
As extreme cold batters the Lone Star State and power failures leave millions huddling for warmth in their homes, dealing with broken pipes, and rendering many roads unnavigable, many Texans are looking to the latest from ERCOT or the weather forecast to see when they...
by TFR Staff | Feb 12, 2021 | Texe Lege
For most of Texas history, tuition rates at public colleges and universities were set by the Texas Legislature. That changed in 2003 when lawmakers “de-regulated” tuition and voted to give the state universities the ability to set their own rates, with proponents...
by TFR Staff | Feb 10, 2021 | Explainers
The Governor’s role in the budget process explained in a way taxpayers can...
