House Joint Resolution 10 and its enabling legislation House Bill 20 would create a new Texas legacy fund with some dollars in the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) used to attempt to gain a higher return on taxpayer money and allocate the returns to unnecessarily grow government.
Local Government
When Government Lobbies Itself: Why Texas Should Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Texas local governments use taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to influence state legislation—creating conflicts of interest, distorting democratic accountability, and undermining the interests of Texas taxpayers. Key points: Taxpayer-funded lobbying expenditures more than doubled from the 85th to the 89th Legislature, now reaching as high as $111.5 million. Taxpayer-funded lobbyists consistently opposed legislation involving property...
April 6, 2026