This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter providing a look inside our latest report, “The Texas Economic Miracle.” To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. The Texas Economic Miracle Over the last 25 years, every state economy grew. But everything is bigger in Texas. Texas increased its share of the…
A new report by Texas 2036 provides hard data to support the claim that Texas’ economic growth engine makes for a miracle. Using a quarter of a century of gross domestic product figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the report finds that the state’s economy expanded in unparalleled magnitude, with exceptional velocity, and…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter providing a look inside the legislative interim. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. The Texas Legislature Never Really Stops Primary elections are over. School’s out. There’s no legislative session this year — but Texas state government doesn’t stop. Legislative committees are…
As the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee meets today to look into what’s driving rising healthcare prices, lawmakers continue to advance one of the most significant affordability efforts in years, a top priority for Texans. The Senate panel, chaired by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, and vice chaired by state Sen. Charles Perry,…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the 12th, and final, episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Wynn Rosser, on expanding opportunity through access to postsecondary credentials in the decade ahead. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 12: Ensuring Opportunity for All…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the 11th episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Laura Arnold, on the elements of good policymaking and building Texas for the decade ahead. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 11: Turning Data Into Policies That…