by Bill Peacock | Nov 13, 2025 | Commentary
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just announced a new six-point plan to provide property tax relief. This provides a great opportunity to examine recent property tax relief efforts by the Texas Legislature to determine why they haven’t worked and the best path forward to real,...
by TFR Staff | Nov 11, 2025 | Commentary
Critical Steps Toward Real Relief for Texans Earlier this week, Governor Greg Abbott unveiled his new six-step plan to rein in Property Taxes in Texas. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is pleased to see many of our policy positions featured in the release. The...
by TFR Staff | Nov 5, 2025 | Commentary
Nationwide Repercussions Radical Leftists won several high-profile races across the country on Tuesday, with Communist Zohran Mamdani capturing New York City’s mayoral race and Democrat Jay Jones taking Virginia’s Attorney General seat, in spite of text...
by Vance Ginn | Oct 20, 2025 | Explainers
Executive Summary Texas continues to attract families and businesses from across the country, but government debt threatens to erode that incentive. According to the Texas Bond Review Board (BRB),1 local governments carried $330.9 billion in outstanding debt in FY...
by TFR Staff | Oct 17, 2025 | Commentary, Local
The City of Austin is in a financial crisis, and they’re asking voters to approve a permanent tax increase to fill in their budget deficit.1 This tax rate election, with “Proposition Q,” aims to raise the city’s property tax rate to 57.4 cents per...
