Texas Senate Subject: Broadband Socialism, House Joint Resolution 125 (HJR 125) Subject: Broadband Socialism, House Bill 9 (HB 9) Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 422 (HB 422) Subject: Hotel Occupancy Tax for Wise County Courthouse & Fairgrounds, House Bill 1034 (HB 1034) Subject: Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, House Bill 2837 (HB 2837) Texas House of…

Texas Senate Subject: Increasing Benefits for Certain Medicaid Beneficiaries, House Bill 54 (HB 54) Subject: Expansion of Government-Sponsored Loan Programs, House Bill 1472 (HB 1472) Subject: Continuing Corporate Welfare, House Bill 1515 (HB 1515) Subject: Authorizing an Increase in Fees, House Bill 1699 (HB 1699) Subject: Expanding Corporate Welfare, House Bill 1950 (HB 1950) Subject: Authorizing…

Texas Senate Subject: Repealing Onerous Regulation, House Bill 1277 (HB 1277) Subject: Removing Barriers to Work, House Bill 1859 (HB 1859) Subject: Expansion of Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program, House Bill 2026 (HB 2026) Subject: Creation of a Grant Program, House Bill 4005 (HB 4005) Subject: Eliminating the Position of Galveston Co. Treasurer, House Joint…

Episode Description 💰 In our thirteenth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss the now weaker version of school choice making its way through the Texas House committee process and recent sentiments from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the subject….

Texas Senate Subject: Decrease Barrier to Entry, House Bill 1846 (HB 1846) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Bill 1648 (SB 1648) Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, Senate Joint Resolution 74 (SJR 74) Subject: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers, Senate Bill 1145 (SB 1145) Reminder: Vote Notices are provided to both Texas…

Texas Senate Subject: Wound Care Dressing and Menstrual Product Sales Tax Exemption, Senate Bill 379 (SB 379) Subject: Raising the Mandatory Retirement Age for State Justices and Judges, House Joint Resolution 107 (HJR 107) Subject: Growing Government, House Bill 3447 (HB 3447)…

Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss the recent failure by Texas House lawmakers to pass a meaningful border security legislative priority, the childish dialogue between elected leadership in both legislative chambers on potential property tax…

If you are a Texas taxpayer and hoping to get tangible property tax relief as an outcome of the ongoing 88th Legislative Session, you might be disappointed. Not only does it look as if nearly no real property tax relief…

Texas Senate Subject: Farming Freedom, House Bill 1750 (HB 1750) Subject: Anti-Taxpayer, House Bill 1755 (HB 1755) Subject: Removing Barriers to Work, House Bill 1859 (HB 1859) Subject: Declaring an Invasion of the State of Texas, Senate Concurrent Resolution 29…

Texas Senate Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 1038 (HB 1038) Subject: Creation of a Grant Program, House Bill 2209 (HB 2209) Texas House of Representatives Subject: Growing Government, House Joint Resolution 102 (HJR 102) Subject: Growing Government, House Bill 1942 (HB 1942) Subject: Growing…

Texas is often thought of as a conservative state. Teachers, for instance, complain about inadequate spending on public education and low salaries. Democrat State Rep. James Talarico (Austin) has argued that the low salaries are “pushing teachers out of the…

Texas Senate Subject: Expression of Opposition to CBDC Implementation by Federal Reserve, Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 (SCR 25) Subject: Anti-ESG, Senate Bill 833 (SB 833) Subject: Preventing the Weaponization of the Judicial System, Senate Bill 1195 (SB 1195) Subject: Gas…

Texas Senate Subject: Scope of Government, Senate Bill 1546 (SB 1546) Subject: Increased Transparency for Information Requests, Senate Bill 1579 (SB 1579) Subject: Requiring All Employers to Use E-Verify System, Senate Bill 1621 (SB 621) Subject: Expansion of Government-Sponsored Loan…

Texas Senate None Texas House of Representatives Subject: Removes Barriers to Entry for Dentists and Dental Hygienists, House Bill 3039 (HB 3039) Subject: Creation of a Grant Program, House Bill 2181 (HB 2181) Subject: Raising Salaries of Judges, While Ignoring…

On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives considered House Bill 5 (HB 5), or what was dubbed the “Texas Jobs and Security Act” by both the legislation’s author, Republican State Rep. Todd Hunter (Corpus Christi), and Texas House Speaker Dade…