by TFR Staff | Sep 15, 2022 | News, State
This week, the Senate Committee on Local Government met to deal with a list of issues and charges, some of which involved property taxes, taxpayer-funded lobbying, and appraisal reform. In many ways, this was the Senate version of the charges the House dealt with in...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Aug 31, 2022 | News, State
On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott reportedly opined on the projected budget surplus and its partial use for the purposes of providing a property tax cut. βTexas is sitting on a record budget surplus of $27 billion… Because this is your money, I...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Aug 31, 2022 | Featured, News, State
This week, the Defend Texas Liberty PAC released polling that suggested a majority of Texans, from both major political parties, support using a majority of the projected budget surplus to lower their property tax burdens. Polling Results Among several other...
by TFR Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | Podcast - Taxpayer Talks
Episode Description π° In our premiere episode of π§ππ«π£ππ¬ππ₯ π§ππππ¦, we discuss the recently projected $27 billion budget surplus that Texas state lawmakers will have the ability to allocate in the upcoming legislative session, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act...
by TFR Staff | Aug 9, 2022 | News, State
Recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave the keynote address at the 18th annual West Texas Legislative Summit in San Angelo, Texas. In the address, he talked about property taxes and other issues in his plan for the upcoming legislative session. The chief economist...
