Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just announced a new six-point plan to provide property tax relief. This provides a great opportunity to examine recent property tax relief efforts by the Texas Legislature to determine why they haven’t worked and the best path forward to real,...
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Abbott’s Plan to Overhaul Property Taxes
Critical Steps Toward Real Relief for Texans Earlier this week, Governor Greg Abbott unveiled his new six-step plan to rein in Property Taxes in Texas. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is pleased to see many of our policy positions featured in the release. The...
November 2025 Election Results
Nationwide Repercussions Radical Leftists won several high-profile races across the country on Tuesday, with Communist Zohran Mamdani capturing New York City's mayoral race and Democrat Jay Jones taking Virginia's Attorney General seat, in spite of text messages...
Government Promised Healthcare for All. It Gave Us Waiting Lines
This article originally appeared in "The Daily Economy" HERE. It is being republished with permission from the author. Americans are afraid of their healthcare system — and that fear is justified. Families worry that an accident or illness will bankrupt them, and...
Texas’ Certification Revenue Estimate
Record Collections Demand Restraint, Not More Spending The state’s finances are weakening, and taxpayers deserve permanent relief—not bigger government. The Texas Comptroller’s new Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE)1 confirms what many Texans already know:...
Examining Austin’s Prop Q
The City of Austin is in a financial crisis, and they’re asking voters to approve a permanent tax increase to fill in their budget deficit.1 This tax rate election, with "Proposition Q," aims to raise the city's property tax rate to 57.4 cents per $100 of valuation, a...








