Perspectives

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported. They include banning all forms of consumable THC, the psychoactive ingredient in CBD products; increasing the school homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000; a Texas version of a government oversight department to improve governmental efficiency; and measures to shore up the state’s electric grid and water supply.

There is an old saying that great empires are built on credit. But there is an old corollary that too much of a good thing sometimes turns bad.

QUINN MINUTE Rix Quinn