by Jeramy Kitchen | Jan 12, 2022 | News, State
Tuesday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced that he was naming Republican State Sen. Joan Huffman (Houston) as the new Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, replacing outgoing Republican State Sen. Jane Nelson (Flower Mound) who has chaired the committee...
by TFR Staff | May 26, 2021 | Texe Lege
Following the Texas Senate’s passage of the conference committee report on the state budget, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility president Cary Cheshire issued the following statement: Texas lawmakers have passed a budget that does not deliver substantial property...
by TFR Staff | Apr 6, 2021 | Texe Lege
Following the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 1, the state budget, in the Texas Senate, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility president Cary Cheshire issued the following statement: “The Texas Senate’s budget provides only a modest increase in total state spending...
by TFR Staff | Mar 15, 2021 | Texe Lege
As conservatives know, government is an inherently greedy beast. It seizes every opportunity to grow and, in the words of Democrat Rahm Emanuel, it “never lets a good crisis go to waste.” However, in combating the natural trend of bureaucracy to expand, conservatives...
by TFR Staff | Feb 10, 2021 | Explainers
The Governor’s role in the budget process explained in a way taxpayers can...
