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Texas Lawmakers Must Exercise Caution with Spending Surplus

Texas lawmakers will decide how to spend a $32.7 billion budget surplus. 

Ryan Lanier January 23, 2023
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Irresponsible Spending and the Texas Energy Crisis

Irresponsible spending and subsidies for energy companies led to disaster for Texas during the winter storm. 

Frances Floresca March 2, 2021
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High-Speed Rail Is Going Nowhere Fast

States need to hit the brakes on the high-speed rail projects due to how expensive they will cost. 

Frances Floresca February 5, 2021
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New York’s Green New Deal Faces Some Inconvenient Truths

On June 19, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated he would be willing to sign the Climate and Community Protection Act into law.

CAGW Staff July 8, 2019
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Update on Texas High Speed Rail

The legislative session in Texas ends in less than two weeks, so the legislature has little time left to address the legal ambiguity surrounding the claim by the private company Texas Central Partners, LLC that it has the authority to use imminent...

Allen Johnson May 17, 2019
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Texas House Bill 3995 Would Hurt Consumers in the Lone Star State

It has been 20 years since the Texas legislature moved to end regulated energy rates and break up monopolies.

Allen Johnson April 2, 2019
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Texas Should Consider Using the Rainy Day Fund Sooner Rather than Later

What will likely turn out to be the largest natural disaster in Texas’ history swept ashore on August 25, 2017.  Hurricane Harvey was the rainiest tropical storm in history to hit the U.S.

Thomas Schatz December 18, 2017