On November 4th, Texans across the State will go to the polls to vote on seventeen (17) proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. These proposed amendments were passed by at least a two-thirds majority of both chambers of the Texas Legislature and require a...
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Texas Property Taxes Rose in 2023 Despite Promises
The latest Biennial Property Tax Report from the Texas Comptroller confirms what many Texas homeowners and fiscal watchdogs, like TFR, already suspected: property taxes did, in fact, increase in 2023 by $650 Million despite promises of relief. While this news is...
The Ginn Economic Brief: Texas Economic Situation – March 2024
Overview Free-market capitalism is the best path to letting people prosper, as it is the best economic institution that supports jobs and entrepreneurship so that more people can earn a living, gain skills, and build social capital. The Texas economy remains a...
Voters Give Taxpayer Foes the Boot in Historic Primary Election
TLDR: Taxpayers made their voices heard: “no more backstabbing.” The time has come for many incumbent politicians to pack their bags… Yesterday, the Texas Primary Elections were held, with taxpayer foes across the State being defeated or forced into runoffs, and many...
New Property Tax Numbers Prove Relief Was Not the Largest in Texas History
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...
Impeachment Price Tag: Texas House Spends Millions of Tax Dollars on Impeachment
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...