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Study–Texas Has the 5th Most Unfair Tax System
We’re #5! You have heard many times how Texas ranks 38th on state spending on public schools and 50th on state spending overall per resident.
Every Texan
January 30, 2013
We’re #5! You have heard many times how Texas ranks 38th on state spending on public schools and 50th on state spending overall per resident.
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
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:
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, I testified at the first Senate Finance Committee hearing of the session. Below is a summary of what I shared with committee members: Last
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
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
This weekend, Eva’s piece ran in the Austin American-Statesman’s Legislative Preview series: We believe in Texas. We believe in the people of Texas. We know
On the face of it, “school choice” sounds like an intriguing concept. But, a key component of the school choice proposal presented by Senate leadership,
There’s plenty happening with Medicaid and CHIP this session. The first big hurdle in 2013 will be ensuring that the “Medicaid IOU”–$3.7 billion at HHSC,