The cost of providing health insurance to state employees and retiree’s has increased about 94 percent since the 2000-01 biennium. As costs continue to increase without any corresponding increase in real benefits, both employees and taxpayers suffer.
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