Tax Cuts, Spending Restraint and Accountability: What’s in the New Texas GOP Platform
The Republican Party of Texas has released the official, delegate-approved 2026 Platform.1 After the June convention in Houston, the final document is now public. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is pleased to report that every one of our primary policy initiatives,...
Don Huffines Sworn In as Comptroller.
Is a Texas DOGE Around the Corner? On Saturday, August 1st, Don Huffines took the oath of office to become the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts,1 pledging to eliminate wasteful spending and deliver property tax relief to Texans. Huffines declined to take a salary...
Fort Worth ISD’s Costly Exit Package for Outgoing Superintendent
Today, July 31, 2026, marks the formal end of Karen Molinar’s tenure with Fort Worth Independent School District.1 Her resignation takes effect at 11:59 p.m., closing the chapter that began with her appointment in March 2025 and effectively ended when the Texas...
Clayton Tucker’s Record Runs Through Some of the Most Progressive Wings of Texas Politics
Clayton Tucker is running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner with a rancher's image: cowboy hat, family land, a background in beekeeping. His political record tells a more specific (and troubling) story. Tucker1 has built a career inside the progressive organizing...
OPINION: Christian Denominations Must Do More To Confront Predatory Gambling
This article originally appeared as an opinion piece at the Center for Baptist Leadership.1 The original article may be found HERE.2 It is being republished with permission of the author. It's time for the SBC to turn resolutions into results in our opposition to...
Jon Rosenthal’s Record: A Poor Pattern Texans Should Know
Jon Rosenthal, the Democrat representing Texas House District 135 in Northwest Houston since 2019, has built a legislative record defined by opposition to tax relief and a consistent alignment with activist priorities over the interests of everyday Texas families. Now...
Texas Leaders Call for Fiscal Restraint, but Will Real Cuts to State Spending Be Enacted?
State spending in Texas has swelled by leaps and bounds in the last decade, growing 42% over the last four years alone. But for the first time since 2020, state leaders have signaled that fiscal restraint is necessary ahead of next session. But is it enough? The...
Court Upholds Ban on In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants, Delivering Win for Texas Taxpayers
Texas taxpayers received welcome news this week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the end of Texas’ decades-old policy granting in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants.1 The ruling leaves in place a federal district court’s 2025...
Fiscal Discipline is Essential to the Property Tax Problem
If Texas is serious about eliminating property taxes, government at every level must first learn to spend less. Speaking at a campaign stop in Bullard, Texas, Governor Greg Abbott emphasized that reducing the tax burden requires fiscal discipline from the state...