The Texas Voter Poll interviews about 1,000 voters for a state with 18 million voters. Is our voter poll representative of ...

The first two blogs in this series examined why Texas is considering performance-based funding for public universities and what outcomes a new model could reward. But creating a new set of incentives ...

Our 2027 Policy Playbook outlines Texas 2036's policy priorities for the 90th Legislature, organized around our four policy pillars.

For ten years, you’ve known Texas 2036 through our research, reports and policy recommendations. This special edition is different. Behind every report is a team of people working to understand Texas’ ...

Our 2027 Policy Playbook outlines Texas 2036’s policy priorities for the 90th Legislature, organized around our four policy pillars. This one-pager highlights support for $27.8 million to modernize ...

donor report October 2026 Donor Report ...

Texas 2036 is one of the most ambitious public policy organizations in the country, and we’re looking for a talented Digital Communications Manager who can bring our research and ideas to life online.

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Each year, the Texas Workforce Commission publishes the Self-Sufficient Wage for Texas, a county-by-county estimate of the income a working family needs to cover its basic costs without public or ...

Texas has one of the youngest median populations in the nation and its population is growing. In the last two years, the majority of Texas’ population increase is due to domestic migration as people ...

For most Texans, the ACA Marketplace will continue to offer affordable, and often $0–premium, plans. In 2025, about 75% of current enrollees, roughly 3.1 million Texans, had incomes below 200% of the ...