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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...
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...
Governor Abbott and newly-appointed Comptroller of Public Accounts Don Huffines are teaming up to investigate waste and admin bloat. Governor Greg Abbott has formally requested1 Texas Comptroller Don Huffines to investigate the finances of up to four independent...
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...
State spending in Texas has swelled by leaps and bounds in the last decade, growing 42% over the last four years alone. But for the first time since 2020, state leaders have signaled that fiscal restraint is necessary ahead of next session. But is it enough? The...
Texas taxpayers received welcome news this week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the end of Texas’ decades-old policy granting in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants.1 The ruling leaves in place a federal district court’s 2025...