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State spending in Texas has swelled by leaps and bounds in the last decade, growing 42% over the last four years alone. But for the first time since 2020, state leaders have signaled that fiscal restraint is necessary ahead of next session. But is it enough? The...
Texas taxpayers received welcome news this week after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the end of Texas’ decades-old policy granting in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants.1 The ruling leaves in place a federal district court’s 2025...
With the dust settled from this week’s Texas Republican Primary Runoff Election, it is obvious that voters overwhelmingly rejected the status quo and establishment figures, ousting some longtime incumbents, as well as repudiating out-of-state casino influence. ...
One $500,000 donation by the casino advocacy group funded by the Las Vegas Sands Corp. has made it the single largest donor in the runoff election for the Texas Railroad Commission, the department largely responsible for regulating the oil and gas industry. Texas...
What Are Interim Charges? Every two years, after the Texas Legislature’s regular session, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House issue “interim charges,” essentially homework assignments for each chamber’s committees. They tell the committees what topics...
For over three decades, the Texas Lottery has been sold to Texans as a voluntary way to support public education without raising taxes. But its troubled and controversial history, especially the recent developments suggesting an organized crime syndicate had...