by Bill Peacock | Jun 26, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Research
Executive Summary The Texas Legislature is in the midst of a 20-year spending spree. Since 2003, the appropriation of state funds per legislative session has increased from $76.2 billion to $233 billion. Remarkably, 44% of that growth happened in 2023 alone. Of the...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Jun 1, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Texe Lege
Lost in all of the noise and chaos surrounding the 88th Legislative Session is the fact that Republican lawmakers, who have enjoyed a comfortable majority in the Texas Legislature for the last two decades, ushered in the biggest spending increase in Texas history this...
by TFR Staff | Jun 1, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Podcast - Taxpayer Talks
Episode Description 💰 In our FINAL EPISODE of this season of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we are joined by special guests Vance Ginn, Ph.D., and Bill Peacock to discuss the 88th Legislative Session, what happened, what did not happen, the good, the bad, and ugly outcomes, as well...
by TFR Staff | May 29, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Podcast - The Week Ahead
Episode Description 💰 In our fifteenth and final episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss the end of the 88th Legislative Session and lack of successes for things on Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s “emergency agenda” and items important to Texas taxpayers....
by TFR Staff | May 25, 2023 | 88th TXLege, Featured, News, Statements
With only a few days left of the ongoing 88th Legislative Session, state lawmakers have presented a Conference Committee Report for House Bill 1 that represents perhaps the largest increase in spending in Texas history; it is certainly the biggest since 2003. Voting...
