Texas state agency employees and people working in the legislative and executive branches now have access to paid parental leave benefits. SB 222, effective September 1, 2023, provides eight weeks
This is Part 2 of a blog series examining the 2022 Census data and providing insight into Texas’ uninsured rate. Read Part 1 here. Policy Solutions All Texans, no matter
New U.S. Census estimates from mid-September show slight improvements in the number of uninsured Texans from 2021 to 2022. Seventeen percent of Texans (an estimated 4.9 million) were uninsured in
The state budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, legislators decide how to allocate our tax dollars to the services and infrastructure that
All Texans are worth affordable, comprehensive health coverage, no matter how much money we make or where we’re from. Yet because of our state leaders’ choices, Texas continues to lead 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
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
