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James Henson talks with Harvey Kronberg, publisher and godfather of Harvey Kronberg’s Quorum Report, about the vibes in the legislature in the final weeks of the session, as well as the longer ...

More Respondents were asked, "And which of the following should be the legislature’s top priority for the K-12 public education system in Texas?" More Respondents were asked, "And which of the ...

Donald Trump’s whipsaw approach to international trade is keeping markets on their toes as everyone from stock traders to consumers is suddenly faced with unrelenting uncertainty about the future of ...

Senate Bill 2 and House Bill 2 – colloquially, the Senate’s ESA/voucher and the House school finance bills, respectively – are on the House Calendar for this Wednesday. While the oddsmakers in the ...

James Henson and Joshua Blank look at Texas public opinion on tariffs and the economy, and how economic upheaval might upend core assumptions about the state budget for the next biennium. They also ...

With the Texas House of Representatives scheduled to debate their budget bills (SB 1 and HB 500, the supplemental appropriations bill) Thursday, April 10, the familiar maneuvering around the budget is ...

After the Civil War two amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution that explicitly guaranteed the rights of African Americans as citizens. The 14th Amendment (ratified in 1868) prohibited states ...

John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993), thirty-eighth governor of the state of Texas, was born on a farm near Floresville, Texas, on February 27, 1917, one of eight children of John Bowden and Lela ...

James Edward (Pa) Ferguson (1871-1944), Texas governor, son of James Edward and Fannie (Fitzpatrick) Ferguson, was born on August 31, 1871, near Salado, Bell County, Texas. When he was four years old, ...