A Decade of Government Growth: Legislative Appropriations
One saying that circulates around the Texas Capitol when the Legislature convenes every two years is that the legislators have only one job they are required to do: adopt a budget. Every legislative session the legislators manage to do this. In fact, the...
Another College Sports Betting Scandal
A massive point-shaving scheme involving dozens of college players, and the Chinese Basketball Association, shows how fast corruption spreads when gambling takes over. The recent federal indictment1 announced on January 15th by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the...
Texas Government Keeps Getting Bigger
Over 20 Years of State Spending Growth In 2003, Republicans achieved an historic milestone by gaining control of the Texas state government, the executive and both chambers of the Legislature, for the first time in decades. Since then, Republicans have...
A Decade of Government Growth: Property Taxes
Texas is considered a conservative state. Yet, when it comes to the size and scope of government, Texans ought to take a closer look. This is the first is a series of papers in which we will examine the growth of Texas’ state and local governments over the last...
Setting the Record Straight on Property Taxes: Part 6
“Sometimes I Think That Property Tax Relief Actually Hurts People” “Sometimes I think that the result of this tax policy actually hurts people. In the instance of San Antonio, we [would] have the potential to actually lose jobs and major economic development should...