The Texas Legislature faces a difficult quandary. In order to responsibly balance the state’s budget, every option must be on the table-but not everything is. One of the state’s largest budget items, Article II: Health and Human Services, is virtually off-limits to lawmakers interested in trying to realize cost-savings and efficiencies.
Local Government
Zoning Promised Order, But Delivered Scarcity.
Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government management, innovation has faltered, consumer choice has dwindled, and costs have exploded. Popular sentiment casts Herbert Hoover as a do-nothing,...
December 16, 2025