A recent spike in the number of Texas foster children entering state custody without a stable placement threw a spotlight on the state’s struggle to maintain an adequate capacity of foster homes and treatment facilities. Key points – Texas continues to struggle with alleviating longstanding problems with its foster care system, most recently losing more...
Since taking office, my overarching goal has been to utilize the natural resources we have been blessed with to ensure energy is cheap, plentiful, and reliable for Texans. Under President Biden’s tenure, the cost of energy for American families has soared (the energy inflation index has risen 7.3 percent over the past 12 months alone)...
In our constitutional system, individuals have rights and governments have certain powers to protect those rights and to promote the common good. When local regulation unduly interferes with individual property rights, it is appropriate for the sovereign state government to act. From exceptionally high lot-size regulations to impossible land setback requirements, and other overly-burdensome constraints,...