Tag Archives: Center for Public Policy Priorities
The $9 Billion School Finance Problem in Speaker Bonnen’s Backyard
While legislators focused on school finance and property taxes, a silent culprit continued to metastasize. If Chapter 313, a corporate welfare program, is left unaddressed, it could undermine any progress made this session, critics warn.
There’s a $9 billion (and growing) problem looming in the backyard of House Speaker Dennis Bonnen. That problem is formally known as Chapter 313. As Texas’ ...Read More
Texas Payday Lenders Charging Even More in Fees
A new report finds that Texas payday lenders are making fewer loans but raking in even more in fees, about $1.4 billion in 2013....Read More
Texas’ Health Care Navigator Rules Could Be Sweet Deal for Pearson and Other Companies
By requiring new health care "navigators" to get hours of costly training beyond what's required by federal law, Texas would steer hundreds of thousands of doll...Read More
The New School Finance Picture
Even with some of the damage from 2011 undone, the long-term trend is that we're spending less on each young Texan's education....Read More
Combs Approved Tax Breaks for Major Campaign Contributors
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has approved $1.2 billion in tax breaks to her campaign contributors since 2006, according to the Austin-based nonprofit Texans fo...Read More
Under Senate Budget, Per-Student Funding Would Drop Next Two Years
There's a dirty little secret hidden in the Senate's budget celebration: when you account for inflation and Texas' growing enrollment, the Senate's budget would...Read More