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Data Center & Transportation Investment
Embracing public private partnerships for highway investment and a balanced tax policy for data center construction can keep the state's expansion in both on solid fiscal footing.

Tom Wolfe
4 hours ago1 min read


MUDs & Housing Affordability
Reforms that concentrate on simplification, transparency and standardization for permitting housing projects and MUD creation will allow homeownership to be more attainable and affordable.

Tom Wolfe
Jul 202 min read


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

Griffin Saltron
Jul 72 min read


Homelessness & Mental Health
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.

Tori MacFarlan
Jul 61 min read


Data Center Water Usage
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.

Russell Withers
Jun 232 min read


Key Drivers of Healthcare Costs
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.

Tori MacFarlan
Jun 41 min read


Tort Claims Act
The Texas Tort Claims Act should be statutorily modernized to ensure more consistent application of governmental immunity laws. House Select Committee on Government Oversight 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 e

Nicole Huffman
Jun 42 min read


Texas Healthcare Workforce
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.

Tori MacFarlan
Jun 41 min read


Telehealth
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.

Tori MacFarlan
Jun 42 min read


House Bill 2, Teacher Recruitment, and Special Education
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.

Griffin Saltron
Jun 11 min read
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