Executive Summary The state jail system and state jail felonies were created in 1993 in order to help alleviate overcrowding in prison...

Introduction The Committee’s charges today are important. For a number of years now, TCCRI has taken an interest in occupational...

Background Texas’ General Appropriations Act (GAA) contains a vast amount of information. Indeed, literally every dollar that the state...

Summary The Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools and School Security has a great responsibility in researching legislative...

Introduction The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence has a great responsibility in researching legislative options under today’s...

Introduction This committee’s charge on funding for general academic teaching institutions is an important one. Once minimum operational...

Executive Summary The Texas Legislature first began utilizing Medicaid managed care in the early 1990s. What began as a small regional...

Published in TribTalk February 26, 2018 Dale Craymer is right. In his Feb. 5 column “ Bad Math: Replacing property taxes with higher...

Published in the American-Statesman on February 24, 2018 Once again, the Austin City Council has decided to run the city’s private...

Published in the Star-Telegram on February 14, 2018 Texas is one of only two states to have two cities listed among the 10 most...