FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2023 Texas AFT and Every Texan commented Wednesday on the $16 billion fiscal note for CSHB100 and its private school
View this letter as a pdf here. Dear Chair Bonnen, Chair Huffman, and Members: Every Texan’s mission is to strengthen public policy to expand opportunity
This blog has been updated to reflect the House floor amendments adopted on May 4, 2023. Read the original blog here. For more than twenty
View this blog as a PDF here. The Texas House passed a comprehensive school finance bill that contains several good ideas but little actual funding.
For more than twenty years state revenue has been drained by a program of school property tax abatements known as “Chapter 313,” after its section
Each legislative session, one of the big milestones in the Texas House is Budget Day, when the entire body debates and votes on the immense
April 10, 2023 – Every Texan Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine testifies before the Texas House Committee on Ways and Means against HB 5, the Chapter
On Thursday, April 6, the Texas House of Representatives will vote on the budget, a sprawling document that spells out the state’s funding priorities for
View this testimony as a PDF here. Every Texan (formerly CPPP) appreciates the opportunity to comment on proposed funding for the Texas Health and Human
View this testimony as a PDF here. Every Texan is an independent public policy organization that uses data and analysis to advocate for solutions that
