by Bill Peacock | May 30, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
Texas Taxpayers Need a Break State Funds Spending Up $25 Billion The Texas Legislature is on the verge of adopting its final budget for the 2026-27 fiscal biennium. Few people are aware of this, but that budget consists of two bills: Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 500....
by TFR Staff | May 30, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
Now It’s Up to the Governor to Stop It Just one day after narrowly passing the Texas House on second reading, Senate Bill 646—an expensive, government-growing student loan forgiveness program—cleared its final hurdle in the chamber with even more Republican...
by TFR Staff | May 29, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
On May 27th—the final day for bills to pass on second reading in the Texas House—fifteen Republican lawmakers broke with conservative principles and sided with Democrats to pass Senate Bill 646 by State Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas), a bloated and misguided expansion of...
by TFR Staff | May 28, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Vote Notices
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for May 28th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives NONE Texas Senate Subject: House Bill 20 (HB 20) – Skilled trades high school certification Author: State Rep. Gary Gates (R-Richmond)...
by TFR Staff | May 27, 2025 | 89th TXLege, News
At a time when inflation continues to eat away at savings and federal monetary policy grows increasingly reckless, Texas lawmakers have a chance to take a bold stand for financial freedom. House Bill 1056 (HB 1056) by Rep. Mark Dorazio (R-San Antonio) offers Texans a...
