Texas needs to strengthen transparency in state agency rulemakings. Texans already benefit from strong fiscal transparency measures. Texans equally deserve regulatory transparency-disclosure of the cost and effectiveness of regulation imposed by state rules.
Misallocation of Funds, Not the Storm, Caused Beryl Power Failures
When Hurricane Beryl approached the Texas coast, families in the storm’s path were rightly worried about gale-force winds and flooding. Power outages are always expected in hurricane season — but nobody anticipated over a million households and businesses losing power, and nobody expected 500,000 to be left high and dry a week or more later. The problem...