Wherever you turn these days, Texas politicians are claiming that they are spending $51 billion on property tax relief. The problem is that the $51 billion figure has no connection to reality. For at least two reasons. First, if they…

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 Subject: House Bill 2 (HB 2) – Massive New Funding for Public…

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 Subject: House Bill 100 (HB 100) – Bans use of…

“This week, I helped pass the most conservative Texas House budget in history.” Texas Republican Rep. Jared Patterson posted that message after the Republican-led Texas House recently passed its 2026–27 budget version CSSB 1. He and other Republicans also claimed…

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 Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 34 (SB 34) –…

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…

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 Subject: Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) – General Appropriations Act – Specific…

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 Subject: Senate Joint Resolution 40 (SJR 40)…

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,…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 8th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Joint Resolution 99 (HJR 99) – Animal feed tax exemption Subject: House Bill 1399 (HB 1399) – Animal feed tax…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 7th, 2025  Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Bill 10 (HB 10) – Regulatory Reform and Efficiency Subject: House Bill 12 (HB 12) – Sunset review transparency and…

The machinery of government should not be used to facilitate the financial operations of private organizations—regardless of their mission or membership. While state and local governments exist to serve the people of Texas, they were never intended to act as…

This headline in last week’s Houston Chronicle captured all that is wrong with the Texas electricity market: Since 2013, when the Operating Reserve Demand Curve was approved, the Texas Legislature has sought to deal with the grid reliability problems caused…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 3rd, 2025  Texas House of Representatives NONE Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 414 (SB 414) – Transparency on Bonds Subject: Senate Bill 609 (SB 609) – Closes education…

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for April 2nd, 2025  Texas House of Representatives Subject:  House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR 1) – Tax cut for small businesses Subject:  House Joint Resolution 2 (HJR 2) – Ban…