by TFR Staff | Mar 20, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News, Podcast - The Week Ahead
Episode Description 💰 In our sixth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we are joined by special guest Vance Ginn, Ph.D. and discuss the varying approaches to property tax relief making their way through the legislative process in both the Texas Senate and Texas House of...
by TFR Staff | Mar 14, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee laid out House Bill 2, the House leadership’s property tax relief package. The legislation is authored by the chairman of the committee State Rep. Morgan Meyer (R-Dallas/Career Fiscal Index “F”). The...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Mar 14, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
On Monday, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee considered legislation seeking to ban the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying statewide. Though the legislation was left pending, it is likely to be passed out of committee and considered by the overall Senate...
by TFR Staff | Mar 13, 2023 | 88th TXLege, Featured, News
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (TFR) recently published a new report revealing the abysmal numbers related to property tax levies released by the Texas comptroller’s office. The major takeaway? The Texas Legislature continues to trumpet their “historic...
by TFR Staff | Mar 6, 2023 | 88th TXLege, Podcast - The Week Ahead
Episode Description 💰 In our fourth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we are joined by Bill Peacock, host of The Liberty Cafe Podcast, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D. to discuss the pro-taxpayer legislation that was filed ahead of the bill filing deadline (Friday, March 10). We also...
