Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in his State of the State speech, “We must continue to cut the business franchise tax until it fits in a coffin.” He is correct, and legislators from both sides of the aisle are making that case. After cutting the franchise tax rates by 25 percent last session for savings...
Texans are eager for meaningful, long-lasting pension reform. A recent poll conducted by Texans for Local Control asked registered voters in Houston to provide their views on pension reform, and an overwhelming majority said they embraced change. Big change. One of the poll’s biggest findings was that Houstonians widely support transitioning new employees to a...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott made waves recently when he voiced support for a “broad-based law” that would preempt onerous local regulations unless specific standards had been met first proving the regulation had merit. The Governor’s rationale for this sort of pre-emptive regulation is grounded in the notion that Texas is being “California-ized” with a patchwork...
In a monumental win for businesses and consumers, the Laredo city council recently voted to allow ridesharing companies, like Uber and Lyft, to continue operating without government regulation while also removing the red tape on taxicabs. The council’s unanimous decision to approve the motion levels the playing field for ridesharing and taxicab companies. Instead of...
Written Testimony to the House Public Health Committee by Brandon Logan, J.D., CWLS
Testimony before House Ways & Means Committee for HB 28 by Dr. Vance Ginn, Economist in the Center for Fiscal Policy
Free speech, though under assault on a growing number of campuses, is still deemed a paramount feature of American democracy by most Americans--certainly those who received their college educations years earlier. But Americans’ devotion to the First Amendment can be expected only to weaken annually if we continue to graduate college students reared in the new regime of intolerance establishing ever-more beachheads on our campuses.
Testimony on House Bill 6 before the House Human Services Committee continued by Brandon Logan, J.D., CWLS
his leadership in Texas, where almost one-third of jobs have been created since December 2007, should encourage Congress to control government spending and end the federal corporate income tax.
Texas foster children need results rather than excuses. Yet bureaucratic inertia entreats legislators to leave children’s fates in the hands of a broken state agency, which has shown little aptitude for improvement — or worse, to buoy the sinking state agency with tax dollars. Instead, legislators should focus on keeping children with their parents, or at least within their extended family or community.
The 85th Texas Legislature looks to make Texas the leader in America—and even the world—in tax policy by ending the business franchise tax.
Who knows what is best for Texans—Washington or Texas? Who is more responsive to your telephone calls, your concerns, and your vote: your Texas legislator, or your Congressional delegation?