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Local governments account for about 10% of total spending on lobbying state lawmakers and agencies. Often, they’re seeking state money. Sometimes, they’re trying to get a say on specific bills. ....
At the end of a Thursday press gaggle in Fort Worth, Gov. Greg Abbott made clear he was none too pleased with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s attempt to publicly pressure him into ordering the Texas Legislature to work overtime through June to force through red-meat, right-wing legislation that died in the Texas House. ....
Thursday on the evening edition of The Chad Hasty Show, Samuel Sheets, Policy Director of Americans For Prosperity Texas joined the show to talk about legislative priorities in the 87th Texas Legislature, and his organization s goals. Sheets and Hasty discussed several issues, including the hot topic of taxpayer-funded lobbying. Local governments already have lobbyists without having to spend millions of extra dollars. Those lobbyists are your state representatives, your state senators.We don t need a third party middle man, Sheets said. Several other topics facing Texas and the 87th Texas Legislature were also in the discussion. Listen to the entire interview with Dan Sheets in the video above. ....
Tuesday on The Chad Hasty Show, Texas Tech University alum Dr. Vance Ginn, Chief Economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, appeared on the program to talk about their organization s purpose, and their goals for the state in the near future. Ginn and Hasty discussed the policy orientation that TPPF held for legislators and leaders in Texas, with Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Dan Patrick, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and other officials. Subjects included in the orientation included property taxes, taxpayer funded lobbying, criminal justice reform, and the state budget. Our main message from the TPPF was: That we to keep Texas, Texas. And how you do that? Well we need to look at life, liberty, and really the pursuit of happiness, and think about how to create this economic environment where people can prosper, said Ginn. ....