by Jeramy Kitchen | Aug 10, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
Will Texas ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying in the next legislative session? Taxpayer-funded lobbying, simply put, is the practice of local political subdivisions (school districts, cities, counties, etc.) hiring lobbyists in Austin to lobby lawmakers to...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Mar 14, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Monday, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee considered legislation seeking to ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying statewide. Though the legislation was left pending, it is likely to be passed out of committee and considered by the overall Senate...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Feb 2, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
A recent report from the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) indicates that an increasing amount of taxpayer money is being spent by local governments for the purposes of hiring contract lobbyists to go to Austin. The report indicates that upwards of $75 million was...
by TFR Staff | Nov 28, 2022 | 88th TXLege, News, State
Lately, there has been a lot of noise nationwide about school choice and here in Texas, that noise is no different as we head into the legislative session which begins in January. Much of the outcry for education reform comes in the wake of failed COVID policies,...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Nov 15, 2022 | 88th TXLege, News, State
On Monday, the first day by which Texas state lawmakers could prefile legislation ahead of the 88th Legislative Session, newly elected State Senator-elect Mayes Middleton filed legislation seeking to ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying. Middleton, himself a...
