For nearly a decade, states like Texas have proven that we can increase public safety and reduce significant correction costs by investing in alternatives to incarceration for low-level, non-violent offenders.
Without consulting the affected property owners, San Antonio has plans to annex more than 66 square miles of land, forcing their urban services and higher taxes on the prospective residents.
In the short term, the goal ought to be to contain fast-growing property tax bills by capping how fast property tax revenues can grow from year-to-year.
The main thing all these plans have in common is that they would repeal Obamacare's coverage expansion and replace it with a refundable tax credit for anyone who doesn't have an offer of coverage through their employer.
The final oral arguments for the current school finance litigation were heard before the Texas Supreme Court on September 1st 2015. This amicus brief explains how our state can make education more productive for Texas children.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions among America’s electrical power industry by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 for a total of 871 million tons per year.
Most people suffering from mental illness have no more propensity to violence that the average person.
The law's ultimate goal is to 'recover' species so they no longer need protection under the ESA.
Comparing HHSC’s cost estimates under the status quo to our reform model, cost-savings could be at least $4 billion dollars per year, increasing to as much as $6 billion per year by 2023.
There is broad consensus that we have passed a point of diminishing returns with respect to incarceration. The more they are used, the less effective prison cells become.
New data from the Bond Review Board (BRB) show that Texas’ local governments have amassed debts totaling more than $338 billion, an increase of just over $5 billion from the last fiscal year. That works out to be roughly $12,250 owed per Texan.
According to the city’s Department of Planning and Community Development, the annual tax bill for a home appraised at $113,800 is expected to grow from $2,342.35 to $2,859.69 simply as a result of being absorbed into the city limits. That’s a tax increase of more than 22 percent! Worst of all, it’s going to be levied on people who have absolutely no say in the process.