by Vance Ginn | Feb 13, 2023 | 88th TXLege, Research
An Overview Texans face an affordability crisis from not only bad policies out of Washington D.C. but also excessive government spending at the state and local levels, resulting in higher taxes than otherwise. While state and local governments cannot change President...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 26, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
Texas taxpayers have an opportunity to voice their concerns on how lawmakers intend to spend their money over the next two fiscal years as a part of the state budget. The Texas Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a series of public hearings on the matter to take...
by TFR Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Statements
Today, both the Texas House and Senate have released their budgets. Both the House and Senate appropriation bills provide $15B for property tax relief, with $12B to compress Maintenance & Operations rates by 7.75% and $3B to increase the homestead exemption from...
by TFR Staff | Dec 6, 2022 | 88th TXLege, Featured, News, Texe Lege
With the 88th Legislative Session set to begin in January, we are increasingly asked by taxpayers and lawmakers alike what winning looks like to Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. That is what we are going to discuss in this article. As many subscribers know, we...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Nov 2, 2022 | Featured, News, State
Recently, Truth in Accounting released its 2022 Financial State of the States Report analyzing the financial health of all 50 states in the United States. They have released this annual report for the past 13 years. According to the report, Texas would need about...
