At 1:00 PM Wednesday, the Texas Public Policy Foundation will participate in a press conference hosted by State Senator Dan Patrick and State Representative Ken Paxton to announce their plan to limit the growth of appropriations in Texas’ budget to the rate of the State’s population increase plus monetary inflation. To watch the press conference live, click here.
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Winners & Losers: Schools Starts Too Early, Dirty Books & Football
Winners & Losers is calling an end to our summer break. The Almanac says the last 8 p.m. sunsets in the central region of Texas will occur next week, so the days are getting shorter, and we can no longer stand by and let so many winners and losers go by unacknowledged. Here’s who is...
August 21, 2026