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TEC Considers Lawmaker Pay and Lobbyist Benefit Increases

TEC Considers Lawmaker Pay and Lobbyist Benefit Increases

The Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), an eight-member board appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House, is scheduled to meet Wednesday, September 23 in Capitol Extension Room E1.014 to consider amendments to Chapter 50 of its rules on...

Texas Secures $7.5 Billion Federal Reimbursement

Texas Secures $7.5 Billion Federal Reimbursement

Every penny should be returned to Texas taxpayers. Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday1 that Texas will receive $7.5 billion from the federal government to reimburse border security costs Texas taxpayers carried during the Biden administration. After speaking with...

The Texas Lottery Cannot Be Reformed, Only Abolished

The Texas Lottery Cannot Be Reformed, Only Abolished

On Monday, September 14, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility testified before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs and told them a simple truth: reforming the Texas Lottery doesn’t address the fundamental problems it presents taxpayers and families in Texas. SB...

Huffines Announces Taxpayer First Project

Huffines Announces Taxpayer First Project

The Project Seeks to Reform How Texas Collects Taxes Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced on August 181 a package of tax-administration reforms he is calling the Taxpayer First Project. The Comptroller’s office said the new policies, “collectively known as the...

Don Huffines Sworn In as Comptroller.

Don Huffines Sworn In as Comptroller.

Is a Texas DOGE Around the Corner? On Saturday, August 1st, Don Huffines took the oath of office to become the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts,1 pledging to eliminate wasteful spending and deliver property tax relief to Texans. Huffines declined to take a salary...