While HSAs are an important step in reforming state employee benefits and offer state employees more choice and significant savings, persistent myths misrepresent how HSAs work and their effect on state employee benefits. State employees and legislators need the facts.
Local Government
Growing Pains: The Cost and Contribution of Impact Fees in Texas
Texas’s rapidly growing population requires new infrastructure and improvements, which oftentimes come at great expense. To fund these projects, local officials often impose impact fees on new development—but their use comes at a cost. Key points: Texas is the fastest-growing state in the nation. As such, it has robust infrastructure requirements. To help finance capital...
August 12, 2026