A management structure for the Permanent School Fund similar to UTIMCO at the Permanent University Fund would be a positive step toward maintaining the integrity of the fund. It would give the State Board of Education authority over the fund commensurate with their responsibilities and provide them the necessary financial expertise.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026