Luis Acuña, Senior Policy Advisor

Luis Acuña, Senior Policy Advisor

Luis Acuña, Senior Policy Advisor

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Texas House of Representatives Poised to Fund Emergency Communications Infrastructure Upgrades

October 15, 2021
At the beginning of the third special session, we released a Federal Funds Playbook that examined several opportunities to address structural problems impacting our state by using a portion of the $15.8 billion in State Fiscal Recovery Funds made available to the Legislature through the American Rescue Plan Act. One of those opportunities, upgrading Texas’...
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How Broadband Federal Funds Can Transform Lives

August 31, 2021
Two years ago, broadband seemed like a luxury beyond reach for many Texans, either because of geographic or financial barriers. To others, the technology felt unfamiliar and difficult. The COVID-19 pandemic changed all that, and broadband today is an integral part of our lives and our economy. The federal government responded to the pandemic with...
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Legislative staff salaries are out of sync with Austin’s cost-of-living

August 23, 2021
The following testimony was delivered to the House Committee on Appropriations on August 23, 2021. Texas 2036 strongly supports funding for the Legislative branch of Texas government. We also encourage this body to use this rare focus on the Article X budget to review the impact that a rising cost of living in the Austin...

Legislative Staff Salaries and the Rising Cost of Living in Austin

July 20, 2021
One of the items the Legislature will need to address during the special legislative session is funding the Legislative branch of state government. For state budget wonks, the budget for the Legislative Branch is known as Article 10 (Article X), reflecting its location in the General Appropriations Act as the last of ten sections. A...
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Testimony In Support of Funding for IT and Cybersecurity

July 9, 2021
The following testimony was submitted to the Texas House Committee on Appropriations Texas 2036 commends the Legislature on the passage of House Bill 4018 and Senate Bill 475. These two pieces of legislation ensure that Texas is on a path to secure and modernize its IT systems. As Texas increases the number of services available...
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Testimony in Support of Funding for the Texas Legislature

July 9, 2021
The following testimony was submitted to the Texas House Committee on Appropriations Texas 2036 strongly supports funding for the Legislative branch of Texas government. We also encourage this body to use this rare focus on the Article X budget to review the impact that a rising cost-of-living in the Austin metro area is having on...
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