Why Does Texas Need Universal School Choice?
This commentary was originally published at VanceGinn.com here. It is being republished with permission from the author. Overview Despite increases in public education expenditures with taxpayer money in Texas, student performance is flat or declining. Texas is...
The Texas Fiscal Size-Up: What You Need to Know
Introduction The Texas Legislative Budget Board (LBB) publishes the "Fiscal Size-Up" report after every session to comprehensively review the state's budget and fiscal actions for the biennium. The latest report, covering the 2024-25 budget period, offers crucial...
New Federal Regulations, How Will Small Businesses Be Affected?
Thousands of Texas business owners will be faced with unjust fines from the federal government for failure to complete newly implemented Beneficial Ownership Information reports. In compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act, which was passed by Congress in 2021,...
Red States, Blue States: A Tale of Two Economies
This commentary was originally published at the American Institute for Economic Research here. It is being republished with permission from the author. The latest employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for June 2024 offers a compelling snapshot...
Let Americans Prosper Project: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability for America’s Future
This commentary was originally published at VanceGinn.com here. It is being republished with permission from the author. View Research in .pdf Form Executive Summary The United States faces a critical fiscal crisis due to the lack of robust economic growth and...
The Threat of Hostile Foreign Organizations and the Texas House
Texas belongs to Texans. Not the Chinese Communist Party. The House Select Committee on Securing Texas from Hostile Foreign Organizations was formed to investigate and mitigate the threat of Texas land being bought, owned or controlled by individuals and organizations...
Comptroller Announces Budget Surplus, Lawmakers Yearn to Spend More of Your Money
On July 17th, in a letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Dade Phelan, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported that general revenue-related collections for the 2024 fiscal year have been tracking with the 2024-2025...
Biden Drops out of Presidential Race
After years of clear cognitive decline, President Biden suspended his presidential campaign over the weekend. This comes after a terrible debate performance in which Biden clearly failed to defend Bidenomics and the disasters his policies have caused. Since the...
Austin Proposes Nearly $6 Billion Budget, The Biggest Ever
Austin has set forth its new proposal for the Fiscal Year 2025 city budget – and it is exactly what you would expect. The new budget initially proposed by unelected bureaucrat T.C. Broadnax, the City Manager, contains an incredible $5.9 BILLION dollars in...