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Hospital compliance with price transparency requirements surges

September 4, 2024

When Texas lawmakers passed legislation requiring hospitals to publish their prices in 2021, many faced unanticipated challenges, including information technology systems that were inadequate for storing and updating pricing data and concerns about whether complicated health care pricing data could appear ambiguous or confusing to consumers. However, Texas 2036’s latest assessment conducted this summer found…

Creek flooded outside Dallas extreme weather legislative agenda op-ed

Will extreme weather set the next legislative agenda… again?

August 29, 2024

After the havoc wrought by Hurricane Beryl this summer, the devastating wildfires in the Texas Panhandle earlier this year or the tornados, flash floods and hailstorms that raked the Metroplex this spring, extreme weather is, once again, setting next year’s legislative agenda. State lawmakers will have a choice: they can either adopt policies reactive to…

Aerial view of Amistad Reservoir with the Governor's Landing Bridge in Texas at sunset

Notes from Pharr: Regional solutions to avoid “Day Zero”

August 28, 2024

The unspoken premise of state and local water planning is to avoid the realization of “Day Zero.” This occurs when the lack of water supplies results in taps running dry. In 2022, the city of Monterrey, just 100 miles south of the Texas border, ran out of water for homes and businesses. That same year,…

How well do you know Houston?

August 23, 2024

This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter where we ask how well you know Houston, the Bayou City. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. All things Houston: How the city is shaping Texas With more than 7.5 million residents — that’s one of every four Texans — the…

Texas goes back to school

August 16, 2024

This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter with your data-based back to school guide highlighting the important subjects this school year. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Texas Back to School 2024: Your data guide About 5.5 million Texas schoolchildren are returning to classrooms this month. Roughly one…

Testimony: Texas can act now to improve students’ math readiness

August 15, 2024

Policy Advisor Gabe Grantham delivered testimony on math readiness to the House Public Education Committee on Aug. 13, 2024, from the following prepared remarks. Chairman Buckley and committee members, my name is Gabe Grantham and I am a K-12 Education Policy Advisor at Texas 2036. I am grateful for the chance to address you on…

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