Every Texan’s Director of Economic Opportunity, Jaime Puente, testifies in strong opposition to HB 6 which would give another $1.5 billion to construction of a border wall. Read more about the
Update on Spending Caps & Available Funds Earlier this year, Texas budget watchers marveled at the unusually large $32.7 billion carryover balance available to the Legislature during the regular session.
This blog was co-authored by Kaitlan Wong and Jonathan Malagon. View our data brief on LGBTQ+ Texans here. All Texans – regardless of gender or sexual orientation – have pride
Every Texan’s Chief of Legislative Affairs, Luis Figueroa, joins the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) to outline the harmful implications of HB 4 in the 3rd Special Session of the
Proposition 3 Will Maintain Texas’ Extreme Wealth Inequality We all benefit when everyday Texans, regardless of where we live or what we look like, have a fair opportunity to prosper.
Explore our College Food Access Toolkit College students across the country struggle to afford and secure consistent access to quality food, though food insecurity on college campuses is often underreported
Every Texan’s Director of Economic Opportunity Jaime Puente was interviewed by The Texas Observer on the Senate’s passage of SB 1, a voucher proposal that would inevitably harm public school
The budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, the Legislature is tasked with making important decisions on allocating our tax dollars to the
Download a report PDF here Texas leads the nation with the highest number and percentage of uninsured residents. As a result, county-based “hospital” or “health” districts play an outsized role
Every Texan’s Director of Economic Opportunity, Jaime Puente, testifies against the public education voucher program in front of the Senate Committee on education during the 3rd Special Session of the 88th
