The Texas Medicaid program is on an unsustainable trajectory. Steadily rising healthcare costs and growing enrollment mean that Medicaid is consuming an ever-growing share of the state budget. If no reforms are put in place to control spending growth, the Medicaid program will eventually crowd out other state spending priorities.
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