This week, the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2025 report card for Texas’ infrastructure. Different elements of Texas’ infrastructure portfolio, including roads, bridges, dams and ports, among others, were assigned a grade using the A through F scale. Overall, Texas infrastructure earned a C, indicating mediocre quality that…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter recapping what you need to know on making high quality, affordable health care more readily available. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. How Health Care Expenditures Are Squeezing Texas’ Budget As state budget writers prioritize key investments in areas like education, energy, water and…
Texas 2036 Policy Advisor Mitrah Avini thanked lawmakers in testimony last Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee for considering a request to make an additional appropriation to the Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF), the $150 million trust managed by the Texas Space Commission. The fund, which was created along with the Texas Space…
Less than seven minutes into his State of the State address, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that water infrastructure funding would be a policy priority and an emergency item for the 2025 legislative session, giving legislators the green light to begin work on this topic immediately. The timing of Gov. Abbott’s declaration couldn’t be better. This…