Businesses face many challenges in complying with federal, state, and local immigration laws. In some situations, business owners can be imprisoned for employing illegal immigrants, even if they were not personally aware of it. Congress can take steps to ease the burdens that immigration laws place on business while continuing to combat illegal immigration.
K-12 Education
Houston’s Fat Cat Superintendents: The Hidden Benefits How Some of Texas’s Highest-Paid Public Employees Are Systematically Underreporting Their Compensation
Exorbitant and hidden superintendent pay reflects a culture of self-enrichment that has no place in Texas public schools, diverts taxpayer dollars from students, and betrays the public trust. Key points: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) understates the total compensation for some of Texas’s highest-paid superintendents. Though they oversee fewer people, many superintendents have drawn a...
October 29, 2026