by TFR Staff | Aug 23, 2022 | Featured, News, State
It’s that time of year again: local governments across Texas are considering their budgets for the next fiscal year and setting their tax rates to support such spending. This year is special for Texas taxpayers because it is a year where most Texans will likely...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Aug 23, 2022 | News, State
As state lawmakers prepare for the 2023 legislative session in the coming weeks, Texas taxpayers have an opportunity to address them on issues like their ever-increasing property tax burdens. Texas House Ways & Means Committee The Texas House Ways &...
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...
by TFR Staff | Jul 18, 2022 | News, State
Last week, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced an updated revenue estimate, which increased our continually growing budget surplus by nearly $14 billion. Yes, you heard that right $14 billion more! This raised the previous estimate from roughly $13 billion to a...
by TFR Staff | Jul 14, 2022 | News, State
Thursday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his updated revenue estimate for the state of Texas. Previously the surplus estimate coming off of the most recent legislative session was around $8 billion. This estimate was updated in November of 2021 to be closer to...
