Two Bills, Two Different Futures For the System Benefit Fund
If the $850 million in the System Benefit Fund still sits idle come 2014, it won’t be for a lack of trying to fix it. State Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) filed two bills recently related to the...
View ArticleWith a Broken Safety Net Abandoned, What’s Next For Low Income Texans?
At the start of the year, over $800 million sat unused in a state fund designed to help low income Texans, and state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, thought there was nothing he could do about it....
View ArticleRisk of Life Without Air Conditioning Grows for Low Income Texans
Over the next three years, low-income Texans will receive approximately $800 million from the state to help pay their summer electric bills. However, on September 1, 2016, that money will run out. As a...
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