The cost of owning a home or business in Texas is becoming increasingly prohibitive. Short of totally abolishing the property tax, limiting the growth of local spending to the sum of population growth and inflation is the only meaningful way the Texas Legislature can push back the rising tide of property taxes.
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