Describe a public policy issue in Texas.

Your question is incomplete, not including what sort of
information you seek on a public policy in Texas.  I assume you are looking for
information on a public policy issue in Texas that might be in some way newsworthy or
controversial.  I reworded your question in the form of a complete sentence, and am
making an assumption as above in providing this answer.

I
would suggest studying or reporting on the Texas Policy for Capital
Punishment.

Currently, Texas executes more people than any
other state.  So whenever the issue of capital punishment arises, Texas is prominently
mentioned in the discourse.

Texas has executed prisoners
since 1819, using methods of hanging, firing squad, electrocution and, currently, lethal
injection.  To date, Texas has executed 1,226 individuals, only 6 of whom were
female.

Here are some reasons for Texas’s high execution
rate:

Large Population (Texas is the second most populous
State)

Politically conservative
climate

Appeals process handled by U.S. 5th circuit
appellate court, noted to be conservative in nature

In
Texas, crimes for which capital punishment is an option include capital murder, capital
sabotage and repeated aggravated sexual assault of a
minor.

Controversies on capital punishment revolve around
the following themes:

1.  Cruel and unusual
punishment

2.  Concern for false conviction (execution of
an innocent person)

3.  Pain and suffering (currently a
concern in lethal injection, with a moratorium on executions in several
states)

4.  The usual religious, moral and ethical
arguments for and against capital punishment

The reference
gives extensive details on capital punishment in Texas.  It includes discussions of
Texas law, the court processes, the appellate process, execution procedure, housing of
death-row inmates, related politics, and much, much more. It is a source of ample
material for an essay or discussion.