Some fiscal conservatives are criticizing Texas' adoption of a $217 billion two-year budget, saying it drastically increases spending when budget surpluses should be returned to taxpayers.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a landmark measure that will cap future increases in local property taxes to no more than 3.5 percent, unless voters give their OK in an election.
As part of a probe into religious discrimination, the Texas attorney general is suing San Antonio to get the city to turn over records about its decision not to give Chick-fil-A an airport concession contract.
Texas remains a poster child for fiscal woes despite a more than $9 billion budget surplus this year and record sales tax revenues in May, according to a group that advocates for fiscal transparency.
Children in Texas soon will be able to open lemonade stands in their neighborhood without worrying about government interference.
The majority of Texas state legislators did not vote in the best interest of taxpayers on fiscal policy or limited government, earning them failing grades, according to a newly released Fiscal Accountability Index by Empower Texans.
Texas ranked the third lowest in average workers’ compensation claim costs in a recent study that examined worker injury claims in 18 states.
The number of available jobs is growing, with more than 263,000 new jobs added in April 2019 alone, and the national unemployment rate is at its lowest since December 1969, the White House reports.
Texas sales tax revenues in May jumped to an all-time monthly record, signaling to critics of this year’s state budget deal that lawmakers could have done more in the way of tax relief.
Despite numerous reports of the high cost and shortcomings of the federal “Green New Deal,” the Austin City Council unanimously voted to pass a resolution modeled on its premise.
Red-light cameras will soon be a thing of the past in Texas.
Some fiscal conservatives are criticizing Texas' adoption of a $217 billion two-year budget, saying it drastically increases spending when budget surpluses should be returned to taxpayers.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a landmark measure that will cap future increases in local property taxes to no more than 3.5 percent, unless voters give their OK in an election.
As part of a probe into religious discrimination, the Texas attorney general is suing San Antonio to get the city to turn over records about its decision not to give Chick-fil-A an airport concession contract.
Texas remains a poster child for fiscal woes despite a more than $9 billion budget surplus this year and record sales tax revenues in May, according to a group that advocates for fiscal transparency.
Children in Texas soon will be able to open lemonade stands in their neighborhood without worrying about government interference.
The majority of Texas state legislators did not vote in the best interest of taxpayers on fiscal policy or limited government, earning them failing grades, according to a newly released Fiscal Accountability Index by Empower Texans.
Texas ranked the third lowest in average workers’ compensation claim costs in a recent study that examined worker injury claims in 18 states.
The number of available jobs is growing, with more than 263,000 new jobs added in April 2019 alone, and the national unemployment rate is at its lowest since December 1969, the White House reports.
Texas sales tax revenues in May jumped to an all-time monthly record, signaling to critics of this year’s state budget deal that lawmakers could have done more in the way of tax relief.
Despite numerous reports of the high cost and shortcomings of the federal “Green New Deal,” the Austin City Council unanimously voted to pass a resolution modeled on its premise.