Recent legislation never intended to permit the sale of highly psychoactive compounds across the state.

The solutions to this issue most consistent with conservative principles are those that expand private capacity, reduce government as the exclusive bottleneck, and hold agencies accountable through transparent public reporting.

A closer look at water usage from data centers reveals their consumption to be comparable to other industries, and far lower than many sectors, such as swimming pools, avocado orchards and golf courses.

The primary driver of the increasing cost of health insurance coverage is the high price of health care, as opposed to high utilization of health care.

The Texas Tort Claims Act should be statutorily modernized to ensure more consistent application of governmental immunity laws. The Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”), codified in Chapter 101 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, was enacted during the 61st Legislative Session (1969) to create limited waivers of sovereign immunity and governmental immunity for certain negligence claims against the State and/or governmental entities. Over time, the TTCA has evolved throug

In order to address the growing shortage of health professionals in certain areas, Texas should expand APRN independent practice authority and pharmacist test-and-treat authority.

State policy should reflect the growing consensus that telehealth is a permanent delivery modality that must be supported, regulated, and reimbursed in a consistent and rational way.

The legislature must remain engaged years into the future to assess the efficacy of recent reforms to public education. Nonetheless, several policy recommendations are still worth considering.

An often repeated narrative is that public schools in Texas are underfunded. An honest assessment of the facts disprove this.

Texas’ currently strong statutory framework for managing individuals found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) could be improved by implementing statewide minimum standards that address supervision requirements, data transparency, and public safety protections.