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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 ...

The February 2025 University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll was conducted as the Trump administration had begun fulfilling campaign promises to implement “mass deportations” and otherwise take ...

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 ...

Dorothy Ann Willis (1933-2006) was born September 1, 1933, in Lakeview, Texas. Richards received a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a teaching certificate from the University of Texas. She ...

(Voters know) that any document that you have to amend 20 times every other year is broke. It's sort of a Texas tragedy, actually, that we can't seem to come to grips with the fact that we need a new ...