The Texas Medicaid program is on an unsustainable trajectory. Steadily rising healthcare costs and growing enrollment mean that Medicaid is consuming an ever-growing share of the state budget. If no reforms are put in place to control spending growth, the Medicaid program will eventually crowd out other state spending priorities.
Energy & Environment
Fool Me Twice: Why the Texas Grid is Still Vulnerable to Winter Storms | Part 2: Projecting Winter Outage Risk Through 2030
Part 2: Projecting Winter Outage Risk Through 2030 As Texas approaches the five-year anniversary of Winter Storm Uri, the ERCOT grid faces growing vulnerability to winter power outages. This analysis projects that by 2030, the same type of storm that would cause approximately 12 hours of outages today could result in nearly 24 hours of...
January 29, 2026