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Texas' nonpartisan, nonprofit working to ensure our state is the best place to live and work. Shared articles or 🔃 ≠ positions and follows ≠ endorsements.
Dec 7, 2022 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
Sunset Advisory Commission members expressed concern over the drawn-out, years-long process of reforming @TCOLE, but they did appear to agree on a few changes they could push at next #txlege, @David_Barer reports for @KXAN_News.

Here's what to know:
kxan.com/investigations… Lawmakers have struggled to pass statutory changes to the @TCOLE, amid tensions with law enforcement groups — including police unions — over how much power the agency should wield over officers, Barer reports.

Presently, it has almost none.
Dec 7, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This look at government performance is the sixth of our seven-part blog series, “Strategic Framework: 7 Key Findings.” #txlege

Let's go over our top takeaways from the blog:
bit.ly/3FyD1Hy Public sector services must reliably address the challenges they are created to solve.

Programs that address real problems increase confidence in government and reciprocal civic engagement.

Unfortunately, only 36% of Texans believe our state is headed in the right direction.
Dec 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
This look at Texas and its most vulnerable people is the fifth of our seven-part blog series, “Strategic Framework: 7 Key Findings.” #txjustice #txlege

Here are 3 things to know:
bit.ly/3hasdWp Public safety is necessary for Texas institutions and civil society to function. #txjustice #LawEnforcement

Both violent and property crimes have declined statewide since the 1990s, but Texas still ranks near the bottom among our 12 peer states.
Nov 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
East #Texas: what do you know about the region? 🌳

As the official data partner for the @TexasLyceum, we are helping to set the stage with some key facts on #etx for its #texaslyceum conference.

KEY FACTS: bit.ly/3sZmdCh Image Did you know: #ETX includes 38 counties and is divided by the Upper East region (23 counties) and Southeast region (15 counties). #texaslyceum

Metro areas in #easttexas you know: Beaumont, Port Arthur, Longview, Texarkana and Tyler.

KEY FACTS: bit.ly/3sZmdCh Image
Oct 28, 2022 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
Roughly 5 million people in #Texas are uninsured. So who are they? #healthcare

That's what we wanted to find out in our latest multi-year study. Here's a breakdown of what we found so far. Image Most of the roughly five million uninsured Texans already qualify for a government #health program or for federal subsidies that would help pay for coverage — but they have not signed up.

MORE: texas2036.org/uninsured Image