Report Finds Majority of TX Public School Kids Are Low-Income
The Southern Education Foundation’s new report, A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation, brings attention to the fact that 48 percent of all school children across the nation live...
View ArticleBudget Season in Texas Means Sleepless Nights
What keeps you up at night? Is it the risks of not having health insurance? The rising cost of college? Overcrowded classrooms at your child’s school? Well, it’s budget season at the Texas Capitol, and...
View ArticleGearing Up for the Texas Revenue Estimate
On Monday, January 9, State Comptroller Glenn Hegar will issue the revenue estimate for 2018-19, as well as update legislators on 2016-17 state revenue collections. This key stage in the... The post...
View ArticleThe Latest Legislative Nightmare: Senate Bill 18
Recently we dove into why spending caps are horrible ideas if you want to keep local services running (think fire departments, police departments, electric utilities, etc.) while also being able... The...
View ArticlePutting the 2018-2019 State Budget on More Solid Ground
This week Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that the revenue side of the 2018-2019 state budget – how much money Texas could spend on things – is much stronger than he... The post Putting the 2018-2019...
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