Texas is planning to make a huge public investment in space

"Further investment will cement Texas as the preeminent location for innovation."

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[NezumiRho]

Stay strong. Remember that California was a conservative Republican stronghold, until it wasn't.

Though I have no 'real world' experience to describe how it would be, history has stated that Texas has flipped from Democrat to Republican and back several times (twice to each?) in its history. Whether the state has always been ultra-Conservative or not, I cannot say. Likewise, (until recently?) many efforts and expenditures one would normally task as a State-necessary item has been funded by corporations, businesses, and such-- to include, interestingly, certain taxes. Alas, how true that is today I am unsure.

Long story made short, Texas has been surprisingly malleable in terms of its politics. Nothing is set in concrete here.

...gets too hot. The mix won't stay set.

 

[NezumiRho]

Fun fact: Texas property tax rates are among the highest in the country. More than twice California's.

Irony: Texan! Now then--

I might be wrong, but I always thought that Texas' oil and gas revenues, in part, went to support the education system here in the state, since the state's initial inception as a nation in fact. Did something change, or have I been in error this entire time?