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Texas property tax relief won’t last unless local governments rein in spending

Texas property tax relief won’t last unless local governments rein in spending

By Mariana Trujillo

Recent exemptions may lower tax bills temporarily, but durable relief requires limits on local spending, borrowing, and costs.

Fiscal red flags reveal growing problems in California governments and school districts
Fiscal red flags reveal growing problems in California governments and school districts

By Geoffrey Lawrence

Organized labor takes aim at California’s driverless truck rules
Organized labor takes aim at California’s driverless truck rules

By Marc Scribner

Texas should collect more data before evaluating its autonomous vehicle program
Texas should collect more data before evaluating its autonomous vehicle program

By Marc Scribner

International transit systems show practical lessons to improve US transit 
International transit systems show practical lessons to improve US transit 

By Neliann Rivera

  • State and local government finances in America: A comprehensive analysis of debt and liquidity
    State and local government finances in America: A comprehensive analysis of debt and liquidity

    Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence and Carter Langofer

  • Texas can expand data centers without raising electricity costs
    Texas can expand data centers without raising electricity costs

    Testimony by Max Gulker and Steven Gassenberger

  • Texas should address the structural problems driving teacher pension debt
    Texas should address the structural problems driving teacher pension debt

    Testimony by Steven Gassenberger

  • Senate Bill 1939 allows Texas’ ship channel fund to retain its interest earnings
    Senate Bill 1939 allows Texas’ ship channel fund to retain its interest earnings

    Testimony by Jay Derr

  • Public-private partnerships can help Texas address its port infrastructure backlog
    Public-private partnerships can help Texas address its port infrastructure backlog

    Testimony by Jay Derr

  • Texas should follow Virginia’s lead on transportation project funding
    Texas should follow Virginia’s lead on transportation project funding

    Testimony by Baruch Feigenbaum

  • Utah can do more to prevent “taxation by citation”
    Utah can do more to prevent “taxation by citation”

    Backgrounder by Vittorio Nastasi and David L. Morgan

  • Texas can do more to prevent “taxation by citation”
    Texas can do more to prevent “taxation by citation”

    Backgrounder by Vittorio Nastasi and David L. Morgan

  • Ranking the states most and least dependent on the federal government 
    Ranking the states most and least dependent on the federal government 

    Commentary by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Privatization Policy Studies

  • State and local government finances in America: A comprehensive analysis of debt and liquidity
    State and local government finances in America: A comprehensive analysis of debt and liquidity

    Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence and Carter Langofer

  • Improving public sector defined contribution plans to help provide secure, adequate retirement income
    Improving public sector defined contribution plans to help provide secure, adequate retirement income

    Policy Brief by Rod Crane and Richard Hiller

  • Annual Transportation Finance Report 2026
    Annual Transportation Finance Report 2026

    Policy Brief by Robert Poole

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