This brief Policy Perspective explores the way governments in Texas compete with the private sector in a number of commercial markets. While the commercial activities of governments in Texas and throughout the nation are expanding, pre-emption of the private sector by other nations has been steadily decreasing since the 1980’s. Today, many nations have gone farther than the United States in limiting the activities of government in the marketplace.
Higher Education
Safe Schools and Fair Standards
Safe Schools and Fair Standards Key points: Texas’s higher education code is not aligned with Supreme Court precedent on the correct standards for defining harassment. Texas statute does not define what makes conduct “severe,” “persistent,” or “pervasive.” The existing legal framework should remain intact but needs updated definitions that protect both free speech and students...
September 28, 2026