A Report from the Texas Legislative Study Group On the State of Our State March 2013 83rd Regular Session of the Texas Legislature Texas Legislative Study Group P.O. Box 12943, Austin TX 78711 (512) 763-0031 – www.TexasLSG.org __________ Fellow Texans, In 2003, State Senator Eliot Shapleigh released the first edition of Texas on the Brink. The […]

TEXAS ON THE BRINK A Report from the Texas Legislative Study Group On the State of Our State February 2011 82nd Regular Session of the Texas Legislature Fellow Texans, In 2003, State Senator Eliot Shapleigh released the first edition of Texas on the Brink. With this effort, Senator Shapleigh made quality statistics and policy research that affects […]

Texas on the Brink – 2009 How Texas Ranks Among the 50 States January 2009 ~ Fourth Edition Since 1836, Texas has stood as an icon of the American dream. Blessed with land, rivers, oil, and other abundant natural resources, early Texas welcomed everyone from cattle ranchers to braceros, from cotton farmers to Chinese railroad workers. These pioneers […]

Texas on the Brink – 2007   “Distant Dream” How Texas Ranks Among the 50 States January 2007 ~ Third Edition Since 1836, Texas has stood as an icon of the American dream. Blessed with land, rivers, oil, and other abundant natural resources, early Texas welcomed everyone from cattle ranchers to braceros, from cotton farmers to […]

Texas on the Brink – 2005 How Texas Ranks Among the 50 States – February 2005~Second Edition Ours is a great state. Since 1836, Texas has been built by those who believe that any Texan should have the opportunity to rise as high and far as their spirit, hard work and talent might carry them.  […]

You get what you pay for. In Texas, we do not get much because we do not pay for much. Compared to other states, Texas ranks near the bottom in spending for education, health care, environmental protection, workforce development, public safety, and other services and protections. Our failure to invest in ourselves puts our children […]