Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying

Drew Springer worked to water down a ban on taxpayer funded lobbying, ensuring his own constituents wouldn’t benefit from it.

Let’s get our kids back in school now and restore sanity to our public education system—before it’s too late.

Banning taxpayer-funded lobbying has been a priority of the Republican Party of Texas and even Gov. Greg Abbott.

Chambers of commerce often support the anti-taxpayer policy agendas of cities, rather than the taxpaying businesses they claim to represent.

Speaker Straus’ former chief of staff has been hired by the taxpayer-funded Texas Municipal League to lobby against taxpayers in 2021.

Middleton’s office sent out letters to local governments across Texas requesting taxpayer-funded lobbying disclosures be posted on their website in...

As one of the largest taxpayer-funded lobby organizations in the state, TML has long opposed taxpayers in the state Capitol.

How the Republican Party of Texas' priority legislation failed to make it to the finish line.

Lawmakers chose to continue the deeply unpopular practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying, siding with local governments and lobbyists over the vast...

The move comes after the Texas House voted down a ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying 58-85.

Despite Middleton’s decision to compromise with establishment lawmakers and weaken the bill to try and keep it alive, the bill was still rejected.

Scheduled to be heard by the House on Friday, it was pulled down shortly after the body gaveled in.