State
Days of Freezing: One Family’s Trial With Unreliable Energy in Texas
Records show the state has doubled down on unreliable wind and solar since the February 2021 blackouts.
As Things Stand Now, Dade Phelan Needs Democrats to Stay Speaker
David Cook says 48 Republicans are supporting his challenge to Phelan’s speakership.
Texas Law Enforcement Rids Border Island of Criminal Cartel Activity
This comes a year after Texas declared Fronton Island state property.
Analysis: Texans Are Already Taxed Like Kamala Harris Is in Charge
Is Texas’ property tax an unrealized gains tax?
State Archive
Cutting Fat With Good Feelings
From the "Oh, What a Big Surprise Department," comes news that spending billions of taxpayer dollars on "nutrition education" has been a failure. The Associated Press article makes it clear that about the only thing accomplished was making kids feel good about singing...
Governor Signs Pro-Taxpayer Legislation Into Law
In signing two pieces of legislation today, Texas Governor Rick Perry and the Legislature delivered on two elements of the sound fiscal agenda promoted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and supported by thousands of voters and taxpayers. The governor today announced...
Legislature Bombs In Fiscal Rating
Just how did the legislative session go? We’ll be releasing a full legislative score card soon, but overall, this legislative session was a bust. The cumulative score of all members of the Texas House and Texas Senate, on fiscal issues, was an abysmal 52%. Meaning?...
Legislature Squandered Opportunity, But Taxpayers Ready For Action
Defending the Spendoholics?
On the website, in e-mails, and recent speeches, TFR hasn’t been bashful about calling out the Tax-and-Spenders infesting the Republican Party’s legislative delegation. By their actions (stopping additional tax relief, preventing tax reform, sponsoring tax hikes,...
Frustrated Taxpayers
Sitting in the back of the Laredo auditorium on Wednesday night, I was struck by the level of frustration. These were hard-working folks I was listening to, most arrived in pick-ups and older cars; none belonged to a country club. The event was a free training...
Good Day Sunshine: Comptroller Posts State Expenditures Online
She's no lazy Susan. Comptroller Susan Combs has gotten a head start on implementing House Bill 3430 requiring all state agencies to post their expenditures online. The Comptroller's newly unveiled site reveals expenditures for nearly 200 agencies and institutions...
Robin Armstrong
I had the pleasure of sharing a podium last night with Robin Armstrong, vice chairman of the Texas Republican Party. We were speaking at an event in Horseshoe Bay (Llano County). A practicing physcian (and a fellow graduate of Texas A&M), Robin has risen quickly...
Pitt$ Fiscal Hypocrisy
State Rep. Jim Pitts should be ashamed of his bald-faced hypocrisy. Jim Pitts is saying tonight that he is voting against the budget on the grounds that it represents an irresponsible jump in state spending, and criticizes it for being laden with pork. This begs a...