K-12 Education Public Schools Plead Poverty—What Do the Numbers Say? Public Schools Plead Poverty—What Do the Numbers Say? We are less than nine months away from the start of the 89th Texas Legislature, and public-school elites and special interest have already started to claim that our public education system is underfunded. Facing a $60 million budget deficit, Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura said that the... May 6, 2024
Taxes & Spending Biden admin breaks the law with new abortion rule Omnibus spending bill that included Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was unlawful. The Biden administration seems willing to violate any law or constitutional principle in its weaponized-government approach to the November election. On Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published new rules for pregnant workers that includes benefits for abortion — based on a law that has already been declared... May 2, 2024
Local Government One Way or Another, It’s Time to End the ETJ Late last month, the Houston Chronicle published an article noting the Foundation’s longstanding effort “to see ETJs abolished completely.” What prompted the friendly mention was Tesla’s recent announcement that it would be using a new state law, Senate Bill 2038, to petition to have its electric vehicle factory, located in eastern Travis County, “removed from... May 6, 2024