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Lone Star Prize Is Good News For Texans with Good Ideas

April 2, 2020

Here’s some good news — and it may lead to even more good news. The Lone Star Prize is a new statewide competition that invites Texans to submit ideas to improve health care, protect the environment, or help the workforce in Texas. The winner gets a $10 million grant to help make their idea a reality. The prize...

The Energy Sector Can Help America Rebound. Will Texas Be Ready?

April 1, 2020

A recent opinion column in the Houston Chronicle provides plenty of reason for optimism when we consider how Texas and the Texas economy will rebound from the crisis induced by COVID-19. The piece by David Foster notes that Texas has the largest energy workforce in the country — more than 607,000 people working in “the production...

Straight Talk Texas #1: Conversation with Margaret and Tom about health care in Texas

March 31, 2020

Grab a front row seat for conversations by state and policy leaders on topics that matter both now and in the future. Straight Talk Texas #1: Conversation with Margaret and Tom about health care in Texas. Date: March 31, 2020 Former Secretary of Education and current President and CEO of Texas 2036 Margaret Spellings talks...

Texas’ Own H-E-B Leads the Way on Coronavirus Planning and Data

March 30, 2020

For a vivid picture of great planning and data analysis in the age of coronavirus, look no further than your neighborhood H-E-B. Last week, Texas Monthly magazine took a deep-dive into the company’s preparations for COVID-19. It’s been the publication’s #1 trending story since it published, garnering national attention from media outlets and even a certain former California governor/Kindergarten Cop: [vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html]In...

Let’s Take a Lesson from Hurricane Harvey — Texas Needs a Forward-Looking Resilience Plan

March 27, 2020

It’s hard to view the future in the midst of a crisis that’s disrupting everything we know. Our governments, public safety networks, communities, schools and health care systems are being severely tested, and everyone needs to focus their energy and resources on bringing us through this. We believe that, true to its nature and history,...

One Day in Our Future

March 26, 2020

One day, Texas’ story will include a chapter on the coronavirus. One day — and soon — this virus, which now ravages the state’s economy, shutters businesses and drives so many of us into our homes, will take its loathsome place among the hurricanes, oil busts, and other calamities that once stood as serious threats to...