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Reform that Won’t Be

When legislators convene in Austin next week, reducing the tax burden on property owners will be near the top of

Though the 2019 legislative session will not convene until January, legislators have already filed hundreds of bills for consideration. One

The Houston Chronicle reports that local politicians, educators, philanthropists, and business organizations have been discussing a plan for a new

Close Public Libraries Permanently Nearly a year after Harvey flooded many of Houston’s public libraries, six remain closed and virtually

A recent report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation suggests that property taxes for education could be cut in half

This is an excerpt from Individual Rights and Government Wrongs. After passage of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

With the 2019 legislative session less than a year away, we are already hearing the opening salvos of another debate

In the 1970s, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) developed a program to allow students to transfer to a school