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Tom Aldred

Director of research and policy, Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute

Tom Aldred is director of policy and research at the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute. He serves as a resource to members of the Legislature and regularly provides policy advice and guidance to legislators and other officeholders. Most recently, he served as a policy adviser to Greg Abbott’s successful 2014 gubernatorial campaign.

Latest Columns

Government

The unsustainable “bad math” of property taxes

By Tom Aldred, Feb. 26, 2018

The Texas Constitution requires the Legislature, not school districts, to “make suitable provision” for public free schools. One option is for sales taxes to fund public education and for Texans to receive substantial and lasting relief from high property taxes.

Health

Medicaid expansion is still the wrong choice for Texas

By John Colyandro and Tom Aldred, Nov. 1, 2016

Medicaid and Obamacare are already failing. Texas should retain its focus on fostering an economic environment that creates a path to self-sufficiency.