View this letter as a pdf here. Dear Chair Bonnen, Chair Huffman, and Members: Every Texan’s mission is to strengthen public policy to expand opportunity and equity for Texans of
This blog has been updated to reflect the House floor amendments adopted on May 4, 2023. Read the original blog here. For more than twenty years state revenue has been
For more than twenty years state revenue has been drained by a program of school property tax abatements known as “Chapter 313,” after its section in the Tax Code. This
April 10, 2023 – Every Texan Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine testifies before the Texas House Committee on Ways and Means against HB 5, the Chapter 313 replacement bill.
Sept. 8, 2022 – Every Texan Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine testifies before the Texas House Committee on Ways and Means on Chapter 313.
View this blog as a PDF here. This is an updated version of our biennial report on the state and local tax systems. View the previous version of this report
View this blog as a PDF here. This is an updated version of our biennial report on the state and local tax systems. View the previous version of this report
Wherever we live in Texas, taxes support the essential public services that we all need, whether we are Black, brown, or white. But our tax system is badly in need
This is an updated version of a report published September 2nd, 2021. Read that post here. Property tax cut bills in the 2021 special sessions In his priority lists for
The state needs sufficient revenue to provide education, health care, transportation and other critical services for Texans. But this Wednesday, March 17, the House International Relations and Economic Development Committee