Texas Is the Tale of Two Economies Working Texas Families Are Worth Our Fair Share of Economic Abundance While our state’s economy thrives across various production metrics, the benefits are
As a proposal to raise the Child Tax Credit advances in Congress, a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities highlights the good it could do for
The state budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, legislators decide how to allocate our tax dollars to the services and infrastructure that
Every Texan’s Director of Economic Opportunity, Jaime Puente, testifies in strong opposition to HB 6 which would give another $1.5 billion to construction of a border wall. Read more about the
Update on Spending Caps & Available Funds Earlier this year, Texas budget watchers marveled at the unusually large $32.7 billion carryover balance available to the Legislature during the regular session.
Proposition 3 Will Maintain Texas’ Extreme Wealth Inequality We all benefit when everyday Texans, regardless of where we live or what we look like, have a fair opportunity to prosper.
The budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, the Legislature is tasked with making important decisions on allocating our tax dollars to the
Every Texan Director of Policy & Advocacy, Chandra Kring Villanueva, testifies on Senate Bill 2 on the first day of the 3rd Special Session of the 88th Texas Legislative Session.
For more than 20 years, state revenue has been drained by a program of school property tax abatements known as “Chapter 313,” named after its section in the Tax Code.
What the Legislature Has Failed To Do in 2023 Make investments in the future for all Texans. In particular, the basic allotment (the building block for school finance formulas) remains
