Enshrined within the founding documents of both the United States and Texas is the belief that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.
Corporate welfare doesn’t align with liberty and isn’t as effective as the market. Texas has proved that free markets are both the right policy and the best policy.
Seventy-five percent of respondents declared college simply unaffordable.
We face significant challenges reforming the nation’s sprawling criminal justice system, but fortunately, conservatives have shown in the states that there’s a better way to do business.
In the last six months, unfunded liabilities for all state and local retirement systems have grown by nearly $500 million, or about $40 million every month.
Reagan conservatives need not wonder about that. The former President made it abundantly clear that he thought that less government is the best government.
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.