The Texas Model: Property Rights and Prosperity

Bring Home the Mississippi Miracle: A Texas Triumph in Early Literacy

Bring Home the Mississippi Miracle: A Texas Triumph in Early Literacy Texas lacks a coherent third-grade literacy standard and statewide implementation system. Restoring a mastery-based promotion gate and aligning coaching, screening, and funding can reverse stagnating reading outcomes. Key points: Texas removed its third-grade promotion requirement, weakening the connection between reading mastery and grade advancement....

Austin’s Simple Fix for Soaring Housing Costs

After years of watching home prices skyrocket out of reach for first responders, nurses, and young families, in December 2023, Austin city council voted to rewrite its zoning code. The first phase of its HOME Initiative—known as HOME-1—effectively allowed up to three homes on most lots that previously could host only one. A year later,...

How California ‘Health Charities’ Funnel Money To Karen Bass And Other Democrats

California’s healthcare nonprofits should return to their core missions of healthcare services rather than subsidizing politicians. The left-wing dominance of the Golden State is sustained by a giant pile of cash, much of it out of sight. Billions of dollars extracted from the for-profit conversions of health insurers — assets meant for broad public benefit...