by Vance Ginn | Apr 14, 2025 | Texe Lege
“This week, I helped pass the most conservative Texas House budget in history.” Post on X by Texas Rep. Jared Patterson. Texas Republican Rep. Jared Patterson posted that message after the Republican-led Texas House recently passed its 2026–27 budget version CSSB 1....
by Vance Ginn | Apr 8, 2025 | Research
Introduction The 2026–27 Texas proposed biennial budget should be rejected this week when brought to the House floor on Thursday, April 10th. This budget, and many before it over the last two decades since Republicans gained a trifecta in 2003, appropriates too much...
by Vance Ginn | Mar 21, 2025 | Texe Lege
Texas’ state government has a $24 billion surplus and a $28.5 billion Rainy Day Fund. Instead of using this overcollected taxpayer money to substantially cut taxes, government spending, and regulations, the 89th Texas Legislature is often advancing legislation in this...
by Vance Ginn | Mar 11, 2025 | Texe Lege
HB 3 Is a Good Start, But More Is Needed. Today, the Texas House Committee on Public Education is hearing testimony (watch here) on HB 3, the school choice bill in the House. This could be the first school choice program in Texas. I support the approach but have...
by Vance Ginn | Mar 3, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
Texas taxpayers have an urgent need for property tax relief, which should include a clear path to eliminating school district maintenance and operations (M&O) property taxes—the largest portion of Texans’ property tax bills. Despite claims of historic tax cuts,...
