This document highlights the recent progress Texas has made through budgetary and policy changes that have substantially reduced both the crime and incarceration rates and recommends additional steps lawmakers can take to build on these gains.
Will Voters Decide to Leave Austin?
Last year, the Texas Legislature passed a limited disannexation measure, House Bill 3053, that allows people unfairly captured by large cities during a particular time period to hold an election on the question of staying or leaving municipal control. The law was passed after concerns were raised that some cities had accelerated their involuntary annexation...