DeVore: California's state and local taxes consume 11.4 percent of state income. The like figure in Texas is 7.5 percent. But, does all that government spending benefit the population? Apparently not.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026