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Senate Republicans narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending reduction plan on Tuesday.
WiseVoter found that Texas ranked No. 22 out of 50 when it comes to the average retirement income per state. The data showed ...
Big cuts are still likely on the way to the federal food stamps, but the U.S. Senate has rolled back some of the more aggressive work requirements the U.S. House was trying to add to the program.
Since 1909, U.S. meat consumption has increased by more than 100 pounds per person. This blog discusses some of the policy and technological developments which drove this increase.
Wealthy Texans would benefit heavily from President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," getting new tax breaks of little use to the middle class.
The bill offers deep tax breaks for the wealthy while shifting significant costs onto states. For Texas, that could mean billions in new costs — or deep cuts to safety-net programs.
That number works out to be $1,461.39 spent each week and $5,845.56 per month. But at the end of the year, the average person will have spent $70,146.72 — just under the median millennial income.