On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee laid out House Bill 2, the House leadership's property tax relief package. The legislation is authored by the chairman of the committee State Rep. Morgan Meyer (R-Dallas/Career Fiscal Index "F"). The legislation attempts...
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Legislation Seeking to Ban Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Gets Hearing in Senate
On Monday, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee considered legislation seeking to ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying statewide. Though the legislation was left pending, it is likely to be passed out of committee and considered by the overall Senate...
Episode 5: Property Tax “Relief” Legislation Moving in Texas House
https://youtu.be/Lg_w3iLmf6Y Episode Description 💰 In our fifth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss the Texas Property Tax Relief Act of House Bill 2 being heard in the Texas House Ways & Means Committee as well as the proposed ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying,...
Despite Promised Relief, Property Taxes Jumped 12.2% in 2022
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (TFR) recently published a new report revealing the abysmal numbers related to property tax levies released by the Texas comptroller's office. The major takeaway? The Texas Legislature continues to trumpet their "historic tax reform"...
Episode 9: Bill Filing Deadline Looms. How Will Taxpayers Fare?
https://youtu.be/9O5wGYFoGJ0 Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss the upcoming bill filing deadline as a part of the ongoing 88th Legislative Session, what priority legislation has been filed that would be beneficial to Texas taxpayers,...
Corporate Welfare Revival: Taxpayers Face Uphill Battle
Earlier this week, Texas taxpayers bore witness to yet another effort to revive the now-defunct largest corporate welfare program in Texas, the Chapter 313 tax abatement program. To make matters worse, Republican leadership in both chambers of the Legislature and the...








