The Senate Committees on Finance and Health & Human Services both begin their interim work this week with hearings on Tuesday. The...

TCCRI has spent many years raising awareness on the topic of occupational licensing. Most recently, our 2019 Free Enterprise, Energy, and...

Senate Bill 22 (authored by Senator Donna Campbell and sponsored by Representative Candy Noble), which took effect on September 1,...

It is common in public policy discussions for facts to differ from public perception. Indeed, calls for gun control ignore or don’t care...

I had the privilege to spend a few days at the end of October in Washington D.C. for a fellowship sponsored and hosted by the...

We're pleased to announce the recent launch of " LIFT Perspectives," TCCRI's source for thoughtful commentary and policy discussions...

A recent Texas Tribune piece accuses Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of letting the state's Legislative Budget Board (LBB) "fall apart,"...

“Chick-fil-A” was recently voted the number one limited-service restaurant in the country in customer satisfaction. But it has been...

It should surprise no one that red light cameras are wildly unpopular. Since the law allowing red light cameras took effect in 2007,...

The Texas Tribune has a recent piece about House Bill 1888 , an election integrity measure authored by Representative Greg Bonnen that...