Texas Medicaid is fiscally unsound and medically inadequate. By federal law, the first state dollars expended must be for Medicaid spending, and all other state priorities must accept the leftovers. With Medicaid taking an ever-larger bite out of the Texas budget, policymakers are left with fewer opportunities to meet the needs of Texans, restrain spending, and provide tax relief.
K-12 Education
Houston’s Fat Cat Superintendents: The Hidden Benefits How Some of Texas’s Highest-Paid Public Employees Are Systematically Underreporting Their Compensation
Exorbitant and hidden superintendent pay reflects a culture of self-enrichment that has no place in Texas public schools, diverts taxpayer dollars from students, and betrays the public trust. Key points: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) understates the total compensation for some of Texas’s highest-paid superintendents. Though they oversee fewer people, many superintendents have drawn a...
October 29, 2026