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2013 Lege–Constitutional Limit on Spending
Should the legislators you elect be trusted to decide how large the state budget should be, or should a rigid limit be written into the
Every Texan
January 17, 2013
Should the legislators you elect be trusted to decide how large the state budget should be, or should a rigid limit be written into the
In 2011, family planning funding in Texas took a significant hit. Clinics across the state lost a total of $73 million in state funding for
In our weekly Austin American-Statesman column, our executive director F. Scott McCown lays out why the proposed constitutional limit on spending would handcuff our future
Today, I testified at the first Senate Finance Committee hearing of the session. Below is a summary of what I shared with committee members: Last
Today, the Senate Finance committee kicked off public hearings on Senate Bill 1, the proposed state budget for 2014 and 2015. At $89 billion in
Today we released a new data tool that finds that what a two-parent household with two children in Texas must earn to cover basic expenses
As the Texas Legislature starts drafting a budget and writing laws that reflect the state’s values and respond to the state’s needs, it should ask:
Is your phone loaded up with apps that you once thought would be useful, but now just take up space on your screen? Well, the
Were you at the Capitol last week for the our Texas Well & Healthy Medicaid and ACA Boot Camps? The turnout was phenomenal, and we
Today, the Governor delivered his 7th State of the State speech. Here are some of our takeaways… What we heard: Texas is a job creator.
