by Bill Peacock | Feb 23, 2026 | Research
Introduction Texas politicians are not keen on having Texans understand how much of their money is being spent and what it is being spent on. The politicians have developed multiple mechanisms to make it difficult for Texans—and especially the voters who elect...
by Andrew McVeigh | Jan 14, 2026 | Research
Over 20 Years of State Spending Growth In 2003, Republicans achieved an historic milestone by gaining control of the Texas state government, the executive and both chambers of the Legislature, for the first time in decades. Since then, Republicans have...
by Bill Peacock | Mar 24, 2025 | Research
Texans to Receive Only $6 Billion in Property Tax Relief New Spending Reduces Potential Tax Cuts Now and in the Future When the Texas Senate meets this week to debate and adopt the 2026-27 budget for the state of Texas, it is likely to put Texas on track to approve...
by Bill Peacock | Dec 6, 2024 | Research
The old truism is that there are two certainties in life, death and taxes. I’d like to modify that slightly to death and government spending. After all, government spending is why taxes exist. No spending, no taxes. But there is spending, and a lot of it. In...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Oct 4, 2022 | News, State
During the 86th legislative session in 2019, state lawmakers passed legislation related to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs, seemingly an attempt at fiscal prudence relating to the allocation of tax dollars at the state level for some state...
