While Texas has a great reputation as an overall business friendly state, higher property taxes create a challenge to attracting large industrial facilities. In fact, major industrial facilities in…
Colleges and universities draw funds from various sources to sustain their operations, but it’s the state funding that often receives the most attention due to the complexities of the funding formula…
For decades, the Texas Legislature attempted to solve the complex issues in Texas public school finance, and for decades the body failed in that attempt. The systems that the Legislature and Supreme…
Now that the 2020 elections are behind us, the makeup of the Texas Legislature is coming into focus.
Despite some predictions of a possible Democrat majority in the Texas House, Republicans…
Houston’s position as an epicenter of international business and global trade is strengthened by our robust regional port system. Port Houston, the largest port by foreign tonnage in the nation,…
Although COVID-19 resulted in the suspension of all state legislative committee hearings, the Texas House of Representatives adapted by requesting comments on the various topics they are studying…
