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In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state. It was the last time Texas did such a study.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2024/12/06/508145/texas-hasnt-updated-2006-study-showing-undocumented-immigrants-contribute-more-than-they-cost-state/

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A tool to redistribute tax revenue to areas with substandard or deteriorated structures mostly benefits high-income residents in Houston, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2024/12/03/507653/report-houston-tirz-districts-primarily-benefit-high-income-areas/

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