Vote Notice 4.26.23
Texas Senate Subject: Streamline Specific Restaurant Regulations, Senate Bill 577 (SB 577) Author: State Sen. Drew Springer (R-Muenster) TFR Position: Support Background: SB 577 seeks to streamline specific restaurant regulations across the state by getting rid of the...
Vote Notice 4.25.23
Texas Senate Subject: Protecting Rights Under the Constitution, Senate Bill 242 (SB 242) Author: State Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston) TFR Position: Support Background: SB 242 seeks to require the Texas Attorney General to produce a monthly report to the governor,...
Corporate Welfare Revival Scheme Has the Votes in the Texas House
At the end of last week, several Texas House lawmakers signed on in support of the corporate welfare revival effort prioritized by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), increasing the total amount of public supporters to a threshold that's enough to vote it...
Episode 11: Spending Out of Control, What Has the Texas Legislature Done With the Budget Surplus?
https://youtu.be/EKHaJM9xIWs Episode Description 💰 In our eleventh episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss what the Texas Legislature is proposing to do with the budget surplus (over-collected taxpayer money), the budget proposal nearing the final stages of its...
What Happened to the Texas Budget Surplus?
Executive Summary A lot of people know about Texas’ $32.7 billion budget surplus. What most don’t know is that the Texas Legislature has $78.4 billion more in state funds to spend this year than it spent in 2021 and that the Texas Legislature is on track to spend most...