Unlike TRS, ERS is actuarially sound and its retirees haven't gotten a raise in decades. It should receive priority for a 13th check over TRS.

The Texas economy continues to be the envy of other states. In January 2025, the Comptroller in his Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) for the 2026-2027 Biennium projected an ending general revenue (GR) balance of $23.8 billion for 2024-2025 biennium, which concludes on August 31, 2025. But that rosy forecast is subject to the usual caveats; projections of economic growth (or contractions) are always tentative at best. It is a given that, due to the large surplus, there will be

Part I of TCCRI's recently published State Budget & Taxation Task Force Report provided an overview of the fiscal condition of the state...

Part I of TCCRI's recently published State Budget & Taxation Task Force Report provided an overview of the fiscal condition of the state...

Part II of TCCRI's recently published State Budget & Taxation Task Force Report discussed in part how best to provide property tax relief...

The Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute is pleased to release Part II of the Final Report of the 2021-2022 State Budget &...

The Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute is pleased to release Part 1 of the Final Report of the 2021-2022 Free State Budget &...

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Click to read the 2020-2021 State Budget & Taxation Task Force Report.

Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute House Committee on Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services March 9, 2020 ...