Since 2005, Texas has taken a new approach to adult corrections that is still tough, but also smart. By expanding alternatives to incarceration such as evidence-based practices in probation and drug courts, the state has achieved a double-digit reduction in crime while avoiding $2 billion in projected expenses on building new prisons.
Local Government
Zoning Promised Order, But Delivered Scarcity.
Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government management, innovation has faltered, consumer choice has dwindled, and costs have exploded. Popular sentiment casts Herbert Hoover as a do-nothing,...
December 16, 2025