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Inflation shot higher than expected in January. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report has thrown a wrench into the expected timeline for Federal Reserve rate cuts, as inflation figures for January came in higher than anticipated. The report revealed a...
Harris County's “Uplift Harris” guaranteed basic income program is facing criticism and legal scrutiny from State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R - Houston), who submitted a request for an opinion from the attorney general’s office on the constitutionality of the...
View Research in .pdf Form Texans are upset that their property tax relief is less than the Texas Legislature promised last year. While Texans for Fiscal Responsibility wrote about how we should expect this outcome, the reporting and claims about this relief were that...
While the Texas economy continues to be one of the best in the country, the state must not rest on its laurels. This is because other states are becoming more competitive, and recent efforts by the Texas Legislature have headed Texas in a more progressive,...
2023 marked a year that was comprised of Texas' 88th regular Legislative Session, four subsequent special legislative sessions, a failed impeachment trial of Texas' Attorney General, record irresponsible spending of taxpayer money, crony corporatism, and so much more....
After months of delay following Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's call for a financial audit of the effort to impeach and remove Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton this year, new revelations about the actual cost to taxpayers surfaced last week. These revelations raised major...