State
First Ever State Flood Plan Released by Water Development Board
The Flood Plan is estimated to cost nearly $50 billion.
Secretary of State Reverses Guidance Allowing Non-Citizen IDs for Voting
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy reported Thursday evening that, according to DPS, 2,824,613 noncitizens have driver’s licenses or IDs issued by the state.
Cruz Campaign: Colin Allred Resorted to Lying
Despite voting against legislation that prevents biological males from competing in female sports, Ted Cruz’ Democrat challenger is now claiming that he does not want “boys playing girls’ sports.”
Critics of Excessive School Administrator Salaries Suggest Legislative Solutions
Conservative fiscal policy advocates are pushing for legislation to protect tax dollars.
State Archive
Conservative Think Tank Charts a New Way Forward for Tax and Expenditure Limits
Building on their successful research of the Real Texas Budget and the Conservative Texas Budget, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper today detailing the need for tax and expenditure limits to secure economic freedom for the future of Texas. In a...
Straus Not Always Silent on Issue of Record Vote
Several weeks ago, Speaker candidate Rep. Scott Turner penned a letter to State Rep. Charlie Geren and House Speaker Joe Straus, calling on them to end their divisive rhetoric about a roll call vote for Speaker and join him in jointly asking the Secretary of State for...
A Progressive Agenda?
Did you vote for a “progressive” agenda in 2014? Did Texans support the progressives, like the candidates of Progress Texas and Battleground Texas? Of course not. Texans soundly rejected the progressive agenda of the Texas left. Well, not all Texas Republican...
Stage Set for School Choice
With the start of the legislative session fast approaching, advocates for school choice reform are jockeying to set forward proposals they believe will benefit all Texans. And one proposal received encouragement from Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Patrick. At the Texas Public...
Eternal Life
A belief that our state government wastes money on pet projects is a truism of modern Texas politics. Despite a displeased frustration with well-funded political favoritism, taxpayers may not know the major reason why elected officials continually defend it: organized...
Sen. Charles Perry: Protect the Rainy Day Fund
Incoming State Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) has filed a constitutional amendment to protect the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), sometimes referred to as the “rainy day fund”, by requiring a minimum balance. If passed, SJR 19 would require that the fund...
An Ideology of Elitism
The United States of America is unique in human history for its founders’ experiment in self-government – the belief that educated people did not require rulers to order their lives but were capable of ruling themselves. The framers of the Texas Constitution announced...
Cutting Around the Edges
How effective would your budget be if you controlled only 17% of your discretionary spending? Under the current legislative appropriations process, Texas lawmakers do just that. It might seem puzzling to legislators or citizens who have the impression...
Structured Against Transparency
A lack of program-level transparency in the biennial state budget prevents legislators and citizens from knowing exactly what programs an agency supports in each appropriations cycle. Often, the only folks who know this information have an incentive to keep it from...