In the Obama administration's telling, these numbers prove that liberal policies of spending, taxing, and regulating create jobs. Unfortunately, a closer look at the data shows otherwise.
Some 730,000 Texas students currently attend a failing school.
Today, there are 46 school choice programs in 24 states plus Washington, D.C. This multi-faceted approach gives states without these programs—like Texas—an excellent opportunity to investigate which avenue might work best for them, with the ultimate goal of giving parents the latitude to make sound decisions for their families.
For the first time in 50 years, world oil markets are beginning to hover around the U.S. rather than OPEC.
In 2012, Fraser ranked Texas as the freest U.S. state while Maine ranked last.
By implementing pro-growth policies that have been championed in Texas relative to the liberal policies by the Obama Administration, the future can be much more prosperous for Americans.
Currently, civil asset forfeiture practices are a gross violation of long-prized, zealously guarded civil rights, including the presumption of innocence and due process.
Justice John Roberts, in sidestepping the Chevron deference test and flatly ignoring the plain meaning of the statutory language in the Affordable Care Act, may have handed the states the keys to the vehicle that they will drive over the Environmental Protection Agency, and through the heart of its Clean Power Plan.
But this line of reasoning puts too many eggs in one basket and potentially handicaps prosperous trade agreements.
Houston’s fiscal fortunes aren’t as rosy as you might imagine, according to a new report from Moody’s Investor Services, one of the nation’s top three credit ratings agencies.
California has the lock on the five dirtiest metros in all three categories of unhealthful air.
Most Austinites, and certainly a majority of Texans, probably would agree that city government ought to be focused on fixing potholes and providing for public safety, not coming up with schemes to 'alter the behavior' of residents.