Tarrant County taxpayers will see several candidates with varying experience in state and local government on the upcoming November ballot. While there will be a plethora of candidates and races facing residents, we’ve highlighted several candidates whose records or...
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Huffines Blocks Flock Camera Funding
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines signed an executive order on October 13 barring the use of grant money administered by his office to buy or contract for Flock cameras, automated license plate readers, and other vehicle-identification systems that turn license plate...
Huffines on the Move: Ending a Hidden, Double Tax
On September 30, Comptroller Don Huffines continued the implementation of his Taxpayer First Project with the signing of an executive order1 aimed at a tax Texans never voted for: sales tax on the fee a seller, a restaurant, or a gig worker pays a platform, stacked on...
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
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
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...








