Texas Property Taxes Expected to Increase by $2.5 Billion This Year
Wherever you turn these days, Texas politicians are claiming that they are spending $51 billion on property tax relief. Screenshot Screenshot The problem is that the $51 billion figure has no connection to reality. For at least two reasons. First, if they were really...
Vote Notice 4.16.2025
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 16th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) – Education Savings Accounts Author: State Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), Sponsor: Brad Buckley (R-Salado)...
Vote Notice 4.15.2025
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 15th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 20 (HB 20) – Skilled trades high school certification Author: State Rep. Gary Gates (R-Richmond) Caption: Relating to...
$51 Billion in Property Tax Relief? How the Texas Budget Betrays Fiscal Conservatism
“This week, I helped pass the most conservative Texas House budget in history.” Post on X by Texas Rep. Jared Patterson. Texas Republican Rep. Jared Patterson posted that message after the Republican-led Texas House recently passed its 2026–27 budget version CSSB 1....
Vote Notice 4.14.2025
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 14th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Joint resolution 5 (HJR 5) – Permanent fund for technical college Author: State Rep. Stan Lambert (R-Abilene) Caption:...
Texas House Passes Record-Breaking Budget That Grows Government, Sidelines Tax Relief
In the early hours of Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives passed SB 1, the proposed state budget for the 2026–27 biennium, after over 14 hours of debate that stretched from noon on April 10 into 3 a.m. on April 11. Despite being branded “conservative”...
Vote Notice 4.10.2025
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 10th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) – General Appropriations Act Author: State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Sponsor: Rep. Greg Bonnen...
Vote Notice 4.9.2025
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 9th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 4 (SJR 4) – Expands Rainy Day Fund Author: State Sen. Charles Schwertner...
The Texas Budget: A Progressive California Blueprint, Not the Texas We Deserve
Introduction The 2026–27 Texas proposed biennial budget should be rejected this week when brought to the House floor on Thursday, April 10th. This budget, and many before it over the last two decades since Republicans gained a trifecta in 2003, appropriates too much...