Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary for February 2015. Let’s recap the highlights from the report for the states with the largest populations and economies. In February, net nonfarm job creation in Texas slowed to 7,100 compared with the 2014 average of 33,950 per month...
Three bills have been filed this session that would free TxDOT to use more design-build contracts, saving as much as $1 billion per year initially and up to $33 billion over the next 20 years of road building.
Together, these open government laws reflect the strong desire of Texans to know what their government is doing, how it makes its decisions, and why. For the vast majority of policy decisions, they are in full effect, allowing the public to see what their governments are up to.
In an era where Texas is leading the way in nearly every sphere—including job creation, economic growth and entrepreneurship—it shouldn’t lag in educational freedom. It doesn’t suit the Lone Star temperament to accept second best.
Texas continued as one of the nation’s leaders in job creation with 357,300 jobs added in the last twelve months through February. The exemplary 3.1 percent rate of job creation in Texas during that period contributed to a drop in the state’s unemployment rate to a seven-year low of 4.3 percent.
Any conversation that we have about education policy needs to start and end with the question: is this good for Texas students? If the answer is yes, we should do it. If not, we shouldn’t. School choice is no exception.
"Testimony: Close the Loopholes on Eminent Domain" includes Kathleen Hunker's testimony to the House Committee on Transportation in support of House Bill 565.
But what if a major Texas city suddenly faced financial ruin and ultimately bankruptcy, all because they could no longer afford to pay their public employees the guaranteed return promised by their pensions? Suddenly, pensions would be just the first part of a real-life horror movie.
"Testimony: Teachers Win with School Choice" includes Dr. Vance Ginn's testimony before the Senate Education Committee in support of SB 276.
Texans should no longer have to endure the burden of the margin tax. Lawmakers should provide meaningful, lasting tax relief while unleashing an even larger wave of economic growth by funding essential government services within population growth and inflation, then use all available funds to buy down and eliminate the margin tax.
It always amazes me when someone in business supports an additional regulatory framework. Consider those brilliant folks in the high-tech sector who went along with the new Federal Communications Commission rules for so-called net neutrality.
Four out of five Texas voters agree that prisoners should spend a portion of their sentence in their community under supervision rather than being released with no supervision, even if their overall sentence length stays the same.