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Testimony Finance and Trade, Interchange Fees, State Policy, Texas

R Street Testimony in Opposition to Texas House Bill 4124: “Relating to the charging of swipe fees on certain electronic payment transactions; authorizing a civil penalty”

Caroline Melear April 14, 2025
Testimony Ban the Box, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Education, Housing, Jobs, Reentry, State Policy, Texas

R Street Testimony in Support of Texas HB 3675 “Relating to consideration of criminal history of applicants for public employment”

Sarah Anderson April 9, 2025
Analysis Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Pretrial, State Policy, Texas

A Better Bail System Is Within Texas’ Reach

Lisel Petis April 8, 2025
Analysis Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Pretrial, State Policy, Texas

Commonsense Bail Reform for Texas

Lisel Petis March 10, 2025
In the News Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, State Policy, Texas

Texas Needs Equivalent of 30 Reactors to Meet Data Center Power Demand

Beth Garza Feb 28, 2025 Bloomberg News
Op-Eds Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy, Texas

Fentanyl test strips save lives. Why are they still illegal in Texas?

Stacey McKenna Feb 10, 2025 Austin American-Statesman
In the News Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Detention, Pretrial, Prosecution, State Policy, Texas

Bail organizations, immigrants targeted as Texas lawmakers consider bail reform legislation

Lisel Petis Feb 12, 2025 KERA News (NPR)
Letters Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Pretrial, Prosecution, State Policy, Texas

R Street Letter to the Members of the TX Senate Committee on Criminal Justice re SJR5, “proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances…”

Lisel Petis Feb 11, 2025
In the News Artificial Intelligence, State Policy, Technology and Innovation, Texas

States must ‘keep delivering’ amid new Trump AI order

Adam Thierer Feb 11, 2025 Route Fifty
In the News Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, State Policy, Texas

Cold temperatures are coming to Houston. How will the ERCOT grid hold up?

Beth Garza Jan 2, 2025 Houston Chronicle

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