Shannon Halbrook is the director of our Invest in Texas team, overseeing our fiscal policy research and advocacy. He joined Every Texan in March 2023. Previously, he worked for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Department of Information Resources as a policy researcher and data analyst, where he gained unique insight into how we can more effectively advocate for state budget and tax policy that invests in the future of every Texan. A Texas native, Shannon lived in Boston for a number of years, where he worked for the National Consumer Law Center. He holds a master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin.
Policy areas: State Budget, Workforce Development
Twitter Facebook Linkedin Raising Wages and Protections for Workers Lifts All Texans How Higher Wages Drive Our Economic Progress Unless otherwise noted, this report relies on data from the Economic Policy Institute. Working families from Amarillo to Corpus Christi are worth dignified wages that can put nutritious food on the
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Shannon Halbrook, Director of the Invest in Texas Team, testifies to the Senate Finance Committee to advocate for equitable tax policies. Read this testimony as a PDF here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgA7mrvKUeU
Read Shannon’s work in The Houston Chronicle. About 17 million Texans will sit down to file their taxes over the next few weeks, whether on paper, with the help of
As a proposal to raise the Child Tax Credit advances in Congress, a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities highlights the good it could do for
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
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.
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
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 and equity for Texans of
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 budget for the entire state
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 the next two years. To
