Texans gave policymakers a mandate for freedom in November because they know that freedom is what unleashed the nation’s strongest economy and why Texas created more jobs than all other states combined over the last 10 years. This Agenda is a roadmap to freedom for the 2011 Legislature to keep Texas competitive and at the forefront of national prosperity and economic growth.
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