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Meeting the historic moment: Texas lawmakers get results

From reforming community college finance to fortifying water infrastructure, explore the legislation Texas 2036 supported for long-term investments and high-impact reforms.

Help wanted: Responding to calls for a skilled workforce

From investments in community college funding to expanding apprenticeship programs, here are four bipartisan bills solidifying the 88th Legislature as the Workforce Session.

Costly health care: Texas has an affordability crisis

What is driving higher health care prices and what steps can policymakers take today to address the increasing prices in health care across Texas? Here’s our diagnosis.

Are Texas students prepared for life after high school?

A new report by Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Institute details how far too many Texas students are graduating high school without the knowledge and skills to succeed.

Our gift to Texas

At Texas 2036, we love data. Here’s a quick guide to our updated data page and the tools we’ve created that employ data to advance our policy goals.

Long-term impacts without long-term liabilities: Texas’ historic budget

Thanks to last week’s announcement of the largest budget surplus in state history, lawmakers are tasked with big decisions about where to spend the money. We’ve got a few ideas.

Charting a path to prosperity, the Texas way

How does Texas stack up in key policy priorities like education, health and water? Find the answers at framework.texas2036.org.

And Texas’ leaders now have a clear roadmap for action. This poll offers a vital perspective on what really matters to Texans as we approach the state’s historic budget surplus. Leaders on all sides have an opportunity to come together and address the challenges voters see — and pursue widely supported solutions — in ways that help Texans in every part of this great state. Our survey polled 1,000 registered Texas voters from Sept. 6–11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. To view the complete poll results, and drill down into the data, visit texas2036.org/poll.

Texas voters agree on key issues going into midterms

Texas 2036’s latest poll reveals Texas voters across party lines support a roadmap for future state action in fundamental policy areas.

Pulling back the curtain on health care prices

Texas 2036’s new online tool reveals wide variation in prices for health care services – and significant information gaps.

Is Texas preparing for the right drought?

Texas’ strategy of planning for a repeat of the 1950s drought is no longer enough. While historic evidence identifies droughts that were longer and more severe than the Drought of Record, contemporary data points to a likely future of increasing drought severity.

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