by Vance Ginn | Oct 30, 2023 | Texe Lege
This commentary was originally published at The Center Square here. It is being republished with permission from the author. The Texas Legislature just found out it has a huge opportunity to correct its profligate spending failures made earlier this year....
by Vance Ginn | Oct 23, 2023 | News, State
Texas has been a leader in job creation. But Texas faces major headwinds as this year’s 88th Legislature has looked more like California than what Texans expect. There is a better way. This included the largest spending increase, largest corporate welfare increase,...
by Andrew McVeigh | Oct 10, 2023 | News, State
The State’s metaphorical piggy bank continues to fill up with surplus dollars from your wallet, says the Texas Comptroller. Last Friday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the Certification Revenue Estimate(CRE) for the fiscal 2024-25 biennium. The CRE...
by Bill Peacock | Sep 25, 2023 | News, Texe Lege
Texas politicians had a choice to make this spring. With a record $80 billion of new revenue available, they could either spend the money or give it back to Texas taxpayers in the form of property tax relief. Unfortunately for Texans, for the most part, they chose to...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Aug 30, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
This Friday, September 1st, 2023, marks the day nearly 800 new laws, passed by the 88th Legislature, go into effect. Of those, several will impact Texas taxpayers directly both immediately and into the future. For Texas taxpayers, the 88th Legislative Session...