With a surplus better than $8 billion strong, the Legislature can make Texas the premier high-growth, low-tax economy in the U.S. It should not fail to take advantage of this opportunity.
Taxes & Spending
SAISD is to Blame for Its Budget Mess
Earlier this week, San Antonio ISD officials complained that “tough decisions” lie ahead as budget deliberations began in earnest. Some even lamented that, absent drastic action, SAISD would be forced into “cutting hundreds of staff positions” across the district. The source of district’s budget woes, according to the superintendent, was three-fold: “stagnant state funding, declining...
April 11, 2024