Tag Archives: tax cuts
Two House Democrats Vote for Legislation that Would Eliminate Billions from Future State Budgets
Democrats have few ideas for how to replace the missing revenue, even as they complain about the tight budget.
Two Democrats in the Texas House have joined the apparently bipartisan crusade to kill one of Texas’ main sources of tax revenue, potentially wringing billion...Read More
Court Hearing Highlights Callous Incompetence Behind Medicaid Therapy Cuts
A Travis County judge has temporarily blocked the state from reducing funding for a Medicaid-backed therapy program for thousands of Texas kids with special nee...Read More
Texas Parents, Therapists Speak Out: No Cuts For Thousands of Special Needs Kids
A rider in the conference committee’s budget, inserted at the 11th hour, made dramatic cuts to the Texas Medicaid Acute Care Therapy Program. Some had suggest...Read More
Goodbye, 84th Texas Meh-gislature
In addition to an overall lack of productivity, the 84th Legislature’s tax cuts and budget ploys make future sessions look grim for Texas lawmakers....Read More
Dan Patrick’s Inexplicable & Contradictory Budget Proposals
Dan Patrick from last week, meet Dan Patrick from this week.
Dan Patrick, in an attempt to find money for his tax cuts, proposed to weaken the "spending cap" just last week. Now, he's out to strengthen it. Huh?...Read More
The Texas Senate Considers a Post-Tax Society—Then Reality Sets In
Dan Patrick and the Senate Committee on Finance don't just want to cut taxes—they want to do away with them. But slowly, budget realities are setting in....Read More
Tax Cut Proposals Divide Senate Democrats
As the size of proposed tax cuts keep growing and hurtling toward seemingly inevitable adoption, Senate Democrats are divided....Read More
Conservative Think Tanker Proposes Tax Cuts to Pay for West Disaster
Texas Public Policy Foundation deep thinker John Davidson proposes tax cuts for businesses to help West, Texas recover from the April fertilizer explosion....Read More
Hot List: Day 120 of the Legislature
After a heck of a battle, the session's biggest education bill, HB 5, has finally passed in the Senate....Read More