In June of 2003, the Texas Legislature passed a comprehensive package of medical liability reforms to fix the medical care crisis in the state. It worked. Doctors returned to the state and the health care industry is doing better than ever in Texas.
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