This afternoon, the House gave final passage to HB 3430 by Rep. Mark Strama, which would create an online searchable database of state agency expenditures. Increased transparency in government spending has been a major Foundation priority this session. Reps. Bryan Hughes, Ken Paxton, and Corbin Van Arsdale also filed bills on spending transparency, which were incorporated into HB 3430.
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I Was 10 When the Revolution Came for Us
I was 10 years old in 1979, the year my country disappeared. I don’t say that lightly, and I don’t say it for effect. I say it because it’s the most honest way I know to describe what happened to Iran — and to me — in the space of a single school year. One...
August 19, 2026