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TRS & ERS
Unlike TRS, ERS is actuarially sound and its retirees haven't gotten a raise in decades. It should receive priority for a 13th check over TRS.

Tom Wolfe
Aug 182 min read


State of Higher Education
Ensuring accurate metrics, college readiness, and appropriate admission guidelines while eliminating DEI will build a more robust higher education system.

Griffin Saltron
Aug 172 min read


Keeping Texas' Skies Safe
The danger posed from cartel drones are real, and therefore needs to be countered.

Griffin Saltron
Aug 122 min read


Disruptive Technology in Elections
As a general matter, the free market should be trusted to regulate itself and course correct where things go wrong. This remains the case for regulating AI in elections.

TCCRI Staff
Aug 32 min read


Protecting Critical Power Infrastructure
The possibility of a serious cyber-attack is real, but so is the chance to prevent one.

Griffin Saltron
Jul 291 min read


State of the Texas Electric Grid
Observing the efficacy of current reforms before enacting new ones is the best approach the legislature can take for the moment.

Griffin Saltron
Jul 292 min read


765-kv Transmission Lines
To accommodate a growing state, power lines such as these are unquestionably beneficial; however, the legislature must ensure that property owners are treated fairly.

Griffin Saltron
Jul 292 min read


Data Center Sales Tax Exemption & Transportation Funding
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
Jul 271 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
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