Keeping Texas Competitive 2013-2014

Budget

• State Budget
• Budget Transparency
• Reforming Texas' Public Pension Systems
• Zero-based Budgeting
• Keep Saving for a Rainy Day

Taxes

• Texas' Tax & Expenditure Limit
• The Margin Tax
• Property Tax Reform
• Strengths of the Sales Tax
• Income Tax
• Gambling

PROTECT OUR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, & ENERGY ECONOMY TEXAS-STYLE

Health Care

• Medicaid
• CHIP
• Health Insurance Regulations
• Consumer-driven Health Care
• Scope of Practice
• State Employee Health Benefits

Environment

• Regulatory Impact Analysis
• EPA's Impact on Texas
• Climate Science
• Cut Environmental Bureaucracy

Electricity

• Electric Competition & Resource Adequacy
• Renewable Energy & Energy Mandates
• Energy Efficiency
• PUC Sunset Review
• Disgorgement

10th Amendment

• Agenda for State Action
• Conditional Federal Grants

BUILD A HIGHER QUALITY, MORE EFFICIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM

K-12 Education

• Home-rule School Districts
• Campus Charters: A Parent-Trigger for Texas
• The Cost of Texas Education
• Teacher Quality & Compensation
• School Choice
• Virtual Education

Higher Education

• Higher Education Quality
• Higher Education Affordability

FOSTER A FREE MARKET ECONOMY & PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS

Texas Model

• The Sunset Process
• Economic Freedom, Texas-style
• Jobs and the Texas Model

Consumers

• Local Right of Way Fees
• Telecommunications
• Homeowners' Insurance
• Windstorm Insurance
• Short-term Consumer Lending

Property Rights

• The "Buy-back" Provision
• Regulatory Takings
• Public Use vs. Public Purpose
• Property Rights and the Texas Courts

Water

• Water Supply
• Groundwater Rights

MAINTAIN STRONG, EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL & CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEMS

Criminal Justice

• Overcriminalization
• Empowering and Restoring Crime Victims
• Parole and Reentry
• Adult Probation
• Corrections Budget & Prison Operations
• Juvenile Justice
• School Discipline & Delinquency Prevention

Civil Justice

• Statutory Construction
• Mesothelioma
• Multi-district Litigation
• Paid or Incurred