by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 26, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
Texas taxpayers have an opportunity to voice their concerns on how lawmakers intend to spend their money over the next two fiscal years as a part of the state budget. The Texas Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a series of public hearings on the matter to take...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 23, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Monday, Texas’ lieutenant governor announced the committee assignments for the ongoing 88th Legislative Session. Ultimately, there was very little change from the last legislative session with regard to those appointed to be chairman of each Senate committee....
by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 23, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
Shortly after the 88th Legislative Session began, Republican State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) filed legislation seeking to put Texas on a path to eliminating the property tax. Cain has been a Taxpayer Champion in every session he has served, according to the...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 19, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Thursday, Texas Republican State Rep. Brian Harrison (Waxahachie) filed legislation seeking to limit the salary paid to officers and employees of this state, as well as political subdivisions in the state, to no more than that of the governor of Texas. The governor...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 18, 2023 | 88th TXLege, Texe Lege
For years, fiscal watchdog organizations, including ours, worked to secure an additional spending limit or guardrail on the state appropriations process to prevent lawmakers from continuing the trend of expanding government at a rate faster than the population growth...
