by TFR Staff | Apr 6, 2022 | Texe Lege
Taxpayers all over the state of Texas report being crushed under the weight of sky-high property taxes, rising appraisals, and nearly double-digit inflation. You would not know this however if you only listened to lawmakers in Austin who drone on about the...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Apr 5, 2022 | News, State
Monday, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R), released his list of interim charges to all Senate committees. Every legislative cycle, the leaders of each respective legislative chamber issue interim charges for each committee to study in preparation for the next...
by TFR Staff | Mar 22, 2022 | News, State
Rumors have already begun to swell around Austin that there is the possibility of a historic budgetary surplus heading lawmakers’ way as appropriators begin to consider the state budget for the next biennium. The Austin swamp is already salivating about ways to...
by TFR Staff | Mar 14, 2022 | News, State
Last week, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), released his list of interim charges to all House committees. Every legislative cycle, the leaders of each respective legislative chamber issue interim charges for each committee to study in preparation for the...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Mar 2, 2022 | News, State
Tuesday, among a litany of other issues included on the Republican Primary Election ballot, were ten propositions for Republican voters to consider related to specific policy positions. One of those, Proposition 2, was specific to the collection of the property tax in...