Merrill Davis, Vice President of Communications
Nonprofit organizations’ fundraising success is all too often measured on one too-highly-weighted metric: the ratio of program expense versus administrative expense, or what is often referred to as overhead. “What that metric actually measures is how little an organization invests in itself,” wrote one fundraising expert earlier this month. “Overhead is not the opposite of…
Texas reached 31.7 million residents in July 2025, adding more than 391,000 people in a single year. We rank in the top four states for percent growth and lead the nation in numeric change. By headline measures, Texas is still very much a growth story. Yet, the shape of that growth is changing. The U.S….
Texas’ wildcatter mindset has resulted in a maximalist — and surprising — expansion of renewable energy resources in a state traditionally associated with oil and gas. Exploring 25 years of U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, this series traces the Lone Star State’s unexpected transformation into an “all of the above and below” energy powerhouse,…
At the turn of this century, Texas was a major oil producer — but not yet the dominant one. In 2000, energy analysts viewed the state’s output as a mature asset in slow, inevitable decline. Today, however, the Lone Star State is an “all of the above and below” energy powerhouse that produces nearly half…
In March, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, created a new House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability, and gave it the task of examining factors affecting healthcare affordability in Texas. This bipartisan committee, led by Chair James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, and Vice Chair Toni Rose, D-Dallas, will focus this legislative interim on studying why…
Gold Plans Led Texas Enrollment in 2026 Against a backdrop of national ACA enrollment declining nearly 8%, Texas added more than 200,000 plan selections in 2026. That 5.2% increase represented the largest numerical gain in the country. That growth is notable, but the data showing the composition of that growth is the more significant story….