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State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington, HD 94) earned a 97% on TFR’s 2025 Fiscal Responsibility Index,1 one of the strongest scores in the Texas House. His career rating is an A+, with A+ scores in 2015, 2017, and 2023 and A- ratings in 2019 and 2021. Those grades...
The Texas Association of School Boards is not looking for a new direction. It is looking for a better lobbyist. On September 22, TASB’s board named former State Rep. Gary VanDeaver of New Boston, Texas, as its next executive director, effective October 1.1 VanDeaver...
Vikki Goodwin wants to be Texas’ next lieutenant governor. For taxpayers who want to know what she would do with one of the most powerful offices in state government, they need only look at what she has done with the power she already holds. The record is remarkably...
Should we dismantle capitalism? A resurfaced video1 from a September 2020 virtual candidate forum hosted by the Austin chapter of the Sierra Club is drawing new attention to James Talarico’s views on capitalism, Texas energy, and the role of government. Asked about...
Gina Hinojosa is asking Texans to make her governor in November. But for taxpayers evaluating her record, there is a straightforward reason to be highly skeptical: Hinojosa has earned an F on the Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (TFR) Fiscal Responsibility Index in...
The Republican Party of Texas has released the official, delegate-approved 2026 Platform.1 After the June convention in Houston, the final document is now public. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is pleased to report that every one of our primary policy initiatives,...