Over the weekend, the Austin American-Statesman revealed that Capital Metro will soon roll out a new app-based ride hailing service called Pickup that will be provided to some Austinites free of charge, at least for the first 12 months. The service will allow people living within a 12-square mile section of Northwest Austin to hail...
Congress should consider all of the consequences before enacting a border adjustment tax, particular if it taxes reinsurance. The cost of such a tax could be significant for Texas, for Texans, and for the national economy as a whole.
Before we dismantle the energy systems that have vastly improved human welfare over the last two centuries, the American people deserve an alternative energy future that leverages American resources to protect real environmental quality, to enhance human well-being and to make the world a safer place.
This commentary originally appeared in Forbes on June 31, 2017. The public school district in Austin, Texas has seen declining student enrollments for years. Austin, America’s 11th-largest city is also one of the nation’s fastest growing, adding some 25,000 residents annually. Losing students in this environment is remarkable. Officials at the Austin Independent School District...
Austin ISD would be well-advised to drop its public-relations program and instead redouble its efforts to improve its educational offering to students.
There may be another opportunity to right this terrible wrong soon, and if the opportunity arises, you can bet that there’ll be plenty of Texans there to insist that it’s time to end forced annexation.
This commentary originally appeared in Forbes on May 30, 2017. President Trump’s first budget has been submitted to Congress. It would enact a number of changes in higher education policy: eliminating the taxpayer subsidy for low-income students’ loan interest payments while enrolled in school; raising the limit on borrowers’ payments under the Income-Driven Repayment program...
Instead of mandating ObamaCare, RyanCare, TrumpCare, or some other Washington-centric approach, let’s have StatesCare. Release the states to choose whatever healthcare structure each wants.
Republicans and Democrats; right and left; conservative, progressive and everybody in between all oppose IPAB and for good reasons. It reduces care for seniors. IPAB raises costs and grants total control of healthcare to the federal government. IPAB replaces your doctor with a federal bureaucrat who decides your care.
To reduce the federal tax and regulatory burdens that hinder economic growth this time around, Congress should pursue a "budget neutral" approach of cutting both taxes and government spending
If the administration follows the precepts of Secretary DeVos’ address—and can find a sufficient number of allies in Congress who put children ahead of the system—the Department of Education may finally have found its proper role.
In poll after poll, voters across the Lone Star State all place a premium on finding a fix to Texas’ broken property tax system. Take the latest poll from the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune for example. In February, the two organizations surveyed 1,200 registered voters statewide and asked the following: Which of...