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Friday, April 30, 2021

From the Brazoria County Clerk: May 1, 2021 Joint Local Election

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 - Click here for the it .

Some recent UT/ TT polls - 4/30/21

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- February’s storm and outages united voters wanting state action, UT/TT Poll finds . Texas voters overwhelmingly support requiring energy p...

From 538: Biden’s Betting On Public Support To Push His Agenda. Polls Show His Big Spending Packages Have It.

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For our look at the relationship between public opinion and public policy: - Click here for the article . In his address to a joint session ...

From 538: What Went Down During President Biden’s Speech To Congress

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Presidential speeches before joint sessions of Congress are often used to highlight areas of public policy the president wants to promote. H...

Social policy timeline

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Is American culture antithetical to generous social policy? - John Calvin - predestination - individualism / traditionalism - Social Darwini...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

For our look at Economic Policymaking

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-  The Policy Making Process . -  The Issue Attention Cycle . British Colonies - The Virginia Company . - Mercantilism . - Protectionism Res...

From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Does the National Debt Matter?

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 This idea has been developing for a while. - Click here for the study . In the second quarter of 2008, U.S. federal debt held by the public...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

From the Census Bureau: 2020 Census Apportionment Counts Press Kit

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Texas gets two more seats. It's up to the legislature to figure out where they go, and what the districts will look like. - Click here f...

From the National League of Cities: City Rights in an Era of Preemption: A State-by-State Analysis

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A report from an interest group highlighting an issue of concern. " . . we are continuing to observe aggressive moves by state legislat...

From the Texas Tribune: As Austin voters weigh camping ban proposition, Texas lawmakers consider bills to prohibit homeless encampments statewide

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The relevant legislation is House Bill 1925 , and Senate Bill 987 . Another example of state preemption of local government . - Click here f...
Monday, April 26, 2021

For our look at Racial Civil Rights Policy Making

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- The Policy Making Process . - The Issue Attention Cycle . - John Punch . - Bacon's Rebellion . - Slave Law in Colonial Virginia . - S...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

From Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy: Tracking: Texas Marijuana Policy | 87th Legislative Session

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The specific bills mentioned in one of the articles below . Penalty Reduction for Possession HB 99 by Rep. Steve Toth (Penalty Reduction) R...

Catching up on Marijuana Bills in the Texas Legislature

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Commentary mostly, some from advocates - Tracking: Texas Marijuana Policy | 87th Legislative Session . -  Texas’ Marijuana Efforts Blunted i...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

From Vox: Marijuana legalization has won

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A current look at policy change. Bets are off whether Texas joins up soon. - Click here for the article . This 4/20 , the US is nearing a ti...

From the LA Times: Death of George Floyd, trial of Derek Chauvin: Timeline of key events

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For our look at criminal justice policy. - click here for it .

From the LBB: Fiscal Size-up 2020–21 Biennium

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Public Policy and the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature

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For perusal today. Let's think about these in terms of the public policy process.  -  Texas lawmakers advance bills blocking access to g...

From the Library of Congress: Pre-Civil War African-American Slavery

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For out look at social movements broadly, and the civil rights movement specifically. - Click here for it .

From the Library of Congress: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929

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Part of their series: U.S. History Primary Source Timeline. - Click here for it. For the entire timeline, click here .

Time Line of The Progressive Era From The Idea of America

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Another timeline.  - Click here for it . Think of these in terms of the public policy cycle. Try this one .

From Britannica: The Progressive Era Timeline

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For our look at social movements. - Click here . 

From Smart Asset: Federal Income Tax Brackets for Tax Years 2019 and 2020

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 - Click here for them .
Monday, April 19, 2021

GOVT 2305 HCC - Key Terms

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6 - Public Opinion and Political Socialization public opinion poll sample population sampling error direction intensity salience po...

From the Texas Tribune: University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls

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For a look at the policy priorities of people in Texas - Click here for the link .

From the Texas Tribune: Texas House approves bill that would allow people to carry a gun without a license

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For 2306's look at gun policy. - Click here for the article . The Texas House has approved a bill that would allow handguns to be carrie...

From the Texas Tribune: Despite natural gas failures during winter storm, Texas lawmakers target renewable energy in the aftermath

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For our look at Texas energy policy in 2306:  - Click here for the article .   Texas lawmakers have been advancing sweeping legislation to ...

From Wikipedia: Manifest Destiny

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- Click here for the entry Manifest destiny was a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers we...

From Wikipedia: The Progressive Era

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- Click here for the entry . The Progressive Era (1896–1916) was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the Un...

From Wikipedia: Political movements in the United States

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 For a good at their range, click here . A ► Abolitionism in the United States ‎ (16 C, 95 P) ► American Indian Movement ‎ (1 C, 24 P) ► Ame...

From Britannica: Schemas

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For the full article, click here .  Schema, in social science , mental structures that an individual uses to organize knowledge and guide co...

From Wikipedia: Group Think

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Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group ...

From Greater Good Magazine: Are Social Media Driving Political Polarization?

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Let's tie the the media with public opinion - Click here for the article .

From Oxford: Political Socialization and the Making of Citizens

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What do we know about how people think about government and politics? - Click here for the story .

From National Affairs: Up and down with ecology—the "issue-attention cycle"

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A highly influential article discussing the nature of attention paid to public issues. Spoiler: It doesn't last - Click here for the art...

Models of the Public Policy Process

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Slave Law in Colonial Virginia: A Timeline

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To help with our look  the civil rights movement Worth a look. Click here for it
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

GOVT 2306 - Key Terms - Section 4

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Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice justice retribution just desert incarceration incarceration rate incapacitation rehabilitation restorat...

GOVT 2305 - Key Terms - Section 4

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To finish the semester out:  Chapter 6 - Public Opinion and Political Participation sources of public opinion political socialization pa...