Dallas County Asks Taxpayers to Approve a 22 Percent Tax Rate Increase
Commissioners adopted a county tax rate 22.02 percent above the no-new-revenue rate. The median homestead bill would rise from $558.97 last year to $666.52 if voters approve the higher rate on November 3. Dallas County voters will decide on November 3 whether to...
Huffines on the Move: Ending a Hidden, Double Tax
On September 30, Comptroller Don Huffines continued the implementation of his Taxpayer First Project with the signing of an executive order1 aimed at a tax Texans never voted for: sales tax on the fee a seller, a restaurant, or a gig worker pays a platform, stacked on...
Tony Tinderholt’s Record: Fighting for Taxpayers
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington, HD 94) earned a 97% on TFR’s 2025 Fiscal Responsibility Index,1 one of the strongest scores in the Texas House. His career rating is an A+, with A+ scores in 2015, 2017, and 2023 and A- ratings in 2019 and 2021. Those grades...
From the House Floor to TASB: Hiring Career F Lawmaker Gary VanDeaver
The Texas Association of School Boards is not looking for a new direction. It is looking for a better lobbyist. On September 22, TASB’s board named former State Rep. Gary VanDeaver of New Boston, Texas, as its next executive director, effective October 1.1 VanDeaver...
TEC Considers Lawmaker Pay and Lobbyist Benefit Increases
The Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), an eight-member board appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House, is scheduled to meet Wednesday, September 23 in Capitol Extension Room E1.014 to consider amendments to Chapter 50 of its rules on...
Texas Secures $7.5 Billion Federal Reimbursement
Every penny should be returned to Texas taxpayers. Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday1 that Texas will receive $7.5 billion from the federal government to reimburse border security costs Texas taxpayers carried during the Biden administration. After speaking with...
Vikki Goodwin’s Record: Failing Taxpayers for Years
Vikki Goodwin wants to be Texas’ next lieutenant governor. For taxpayers who want to know what she would do with one of the most powerful offices in state government, they need only look at what she has done with the power she already holds. The record is remarkably...
The Texas Lottery Cannot Be Reformed, Only Abolished
On Monday, September 14, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility testified before the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs and told them a simple truth: reforming the Texas Lottery doesn’t address the fundamental problems it presents taxpayers and families in Texas. SB...
Talarico’s Disturbing 2020 Comments Resurface
Should we dismantle capitalism? A resurfaced video1 from a September 2020 virtual candidate forum hosted by the Austin chapter of the Sierra Club is drawing new attention to James Talarico’s views on capitalism, Texas energy, and the role of government. Asked about...