Federal Money in Texas
What the $38.9 Trillion National Debt Costs the Average Texan
A number like $38 trillion is too big to feel. It does not fit on a kitchen-table budget, and Washington...
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The Pentagon Failed Its Eighth Straight Audit — Texas Bases Are in the Mix
Texas is one of the most heavily militarized states in the country. Fort Hood near Killeen, one of the largest...
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Which Federal Offices in Texas Are Cutting the Most Jobs
Texas is home to roughly 156,000 federal civilian employees — about 7.7 percent of the entire federal workforce, according to...
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How a Shutdown Would Squeeze Texas’s Federal Workers
When people picture a government shutdown, they picture Washington. But Texas is home to roughly 156,000 federal civilian employees —...
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A $2.4 Billion Sole-Source Defense Contract Lands in Texas
Texas does not build nuclear submarines, but the state is wired into the defense industrial base as deeply as almost...
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The Federal Spending Wire tracks how federal, state, and local government spending actually lands on Texas households — property taxes, utility bills, benefits, jobs, and the tax dollars flowing through Washington and Austin alike. Every figure is sourced to the public record, so you can see exactly where your money went.