by Vance Ginn | Feb 27, 2025 | Texe Lege
Texas must take advantage of this moment to rein in its bloated government workforce and put taxpayers first. The resignation of 77,000 federal employees out of 2.2 million—and nearly 3 million including contractors—proves what we already knew: government is too big,...
by Vance Ginn | Feb 25, 2025 | Texe Lege
The Texas House sells HB 2 and HB 3 as a package deal for education reform, calling them the “Texas Two-Step.” But this so-called two-step is a misstep. The package prioritizes billions more taxpayer money for a broken public education monopoly while...
by Andrew McVeigh | Feb 13, 2025 | 89th TXLege, News
On Thursday, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), the Senate’s initially proposed property tax relief legislation, which raises the homestead exemption for school property taxes. SB 4, along with it’s accompanying constitutional amendment SJR 2, will...
by TFR Staff | Feb 11, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Vote Notices
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for February 11th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives None Texas Senate Subject: Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) – Property Tax Relief, Raising the Homestead Exemption Author: State Sen. Paul...
by Bill Peacock | Feb 7, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
A sentiment making its way around the Texas Legislature is that providing tax relief for property owners is “too big of a commitment.” An element of this sentiment was expressed several times in a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing where members repeatedly noted...
