As the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee meets today to look into what’s driving rising healthcare prices, lawmakers continue to advance one of the most significant affordability efforts in years, a top priority for Texans. The Senate panel, chaired by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, and vice chaired by state Sen. Charles Perry,…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the 12th, and final, episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Wynn Rosser, on expanding opportunity through access to postsecondary credentials in the decade ahead. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 12: Ensuring Opportunity for All…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the 11th episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Laura Arnold, on the elements of good policymaking and building Texas for the decade ahead. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 11: Turning Data Into Policies That…
Texas public schools lost more than 76,000 students during the 2025–26 school year, marking the second-largest single-year enrollment decline in modern state history and largest outside the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Monday by Texas 2036. The report, “Texas Public School Enrollment Trends,” comes as the Texas House Public Education Committee prepares…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the 10th episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Tracee Bentley, on the future of energy in Texas. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 10: The Future of Energy (Left to right) Host Brad Swail talks…
Last month the Texas Water Development Board published the draft 2027 State Water Plan. This is the sixth state water plan since Senate Bill 1 inaugurated the current planning process in 1997. The draft 2027 plan, like each plan published every five years since 2002, reflects the input from the “bottom-up,” regional water planning process. …