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A look at the labor supply. - Click here for the article .  . . . Texas leaders have publicly committed to creating pipelines for Texans to ...

- On May 11, 1976, an ammonia truck disaster killed 7 Houstonians and injured nearly 200 . -  At its two-year anniversary, the bipartisan in...

  https://www.sos.state.tx.us/about/newsreleases/2024/040324.shtml

  http://txdot.gov/en/home/about/newsroom/stories/eclipse-shines-light-on-airport-improvement-program.html

The focus is on the governing institutions. - Texas emergency director calls for firefighting air force after historic Panhandle fires . -  ...

 https://www.pearlandisd.org/bond

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Yass

 https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB11077

Catching up with the Texas speaker. - Click here for the article .   Early in the 2023 legislative session, Republican House Speaker Dade Ph...

 

A look at how the Supreme Court can haggle over words. - Click here for the article .  Just when you thought “and” meant “and,” and “or” mea...

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/31/us-child-labor-laws-state-bills/

Can misinformation be dealt with through the courts?  - Click here for the article .  Michael J. Gottlieb can never remember the exact amoun...

Not great news. Staffers know how things work. This may help explain dysfunction in he institution. - Click here for the article .  When it ...

For our look at low voter turnout in Texas. - Click here for the article . On the sunny morning of Texas’ March primaries, Jorge Trujillo, 7...

Houston has one, but few other cities do. - Wikipedia: Mayor–council government . A mayor–council government is a system of local government...

For our look at the executive branch on the local level. Strong mayors can select the heads of city departments. Relevant term: Strong Mayor...

- Click here for the story .  A California judge has formally recommended that attorney John Eastman lose his law license for his role in Do...

- Golden Fleece Award . - Texas Sunset Review 2024-25 .

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- The federal budget process . - White House: President’s Budget . - House Budget Committee: Chairman Arrington Delivers Opening Statement a...

- Anatomy of the Texas Gerrymander . -  Analysis: Gerrymandering has left Texas voters with few options . -  Where Texas redistricting lawsu...

A list of all the hearings held in 2024 through March. - Click here for the committee . By click on the links below we can get an idea about...

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- Click here for the article. Here is their list:  -  Fundamental disease research -  Discovery of steadily burning cool flames -  New water...

  https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/how-much-money-family-of-4-needs-to-live-comfortably-in-us-cities.html

  https://www.aes.com/ceraweek?gad_source=1

 

  https://www.propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority

https://texasstatewaterplan.org/statewide https://ssb.texas.gov/securities-professionals/enforcement https://apps.texastribune.org/features/...

Haiti: As gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds . El Salvador: El Salvador exten...

- Click here for ScotusBlog .  Issues: (1) Whether respondents have Article III standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s 201...

The following Committees from the 117th Congress are no longer standing. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will provi...

The bridge is part of the federal interstate highway system, which means that the national government will handle cleanup and repairs. We...

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/germany/texas-usa https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/italy/texa...

  https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-939/303384/20240319133828340_AFPI%20Amici%20Brief%203.19.24.pdf

From Merriam-Webster: the art of conducting state affairs. Cambridge: the skill of governing a country . From the State Department:  21s...

Checks and balances and federalism at work here. - Click here for the article .  A federal appeals court has again blocked a law that makes ...

The problem with unrestrained police. - Click here for the article .  Four years ago, Sylvia Gonzalez, a newly elected member of the Castle ...

A video I took over the break.

As discussed in class today -  Carbonate, Colorado . - 0 - Monowi, Nebraska . - 1 - Loving County, Texas . - 64

For out look at how dictators consolidate power.

- They counted primary ballots by hand. Now a Texas county Republican party says they found errors . The election was a low-profile party pr...

This covers both checks and balances and the free speech and/or press. - Click here for the article . After nearly two hours of oral argumen...

An example of the influence of money in politics. - Click here for the article . For more than 20 years, Fort Worth Republican Pat Hardy has...

Another look at how dictators consolidate power - this is what a system of separated powers is supposed to prevent.

A study by a think tank arguing that democracies are shrinking. - Click here for the article . The V-Dem Institute based in Gothenburg in Sw...

  https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

The interest group representing the real estate profession was sued by home sellers who argued that real estate commissions were artificiall...

This deserves attention. A purge seems to be underway at the Republican National Convention. Republicans who do not fully support Trump are ...

  https://mwareanews.com/2024/03/06/glenn-rogers-pens-response-to-election-loss/

Here is an analysis of recent conflict within the Texas Democratic Party in races for district attorneys in Harris and Travis Counties. It h...

 

  Brazoria County Election Results . Harris County Election Results . Texas Tribune Election Results .

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/04/appeals-court-blocks-florida-stop-woke-act/

For our look at the revolving door, in this case between the SEC, and the businesses it regulates The Rgulatory Agency: Securities and Excha...

  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/03/attorney-general-merrick-garland-voting-rights-bloody-sunday-service

  https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/fraction-of-texans-vote-in-primaries/

 https://www.scotusblog.com/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf

 https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-supreme-court-upholds-baseballs-antitrust-exemption

 

 For our look at:   - voter turnout . - primary elections . -  Click here for the article .  More than 200,000 fewer Texans participated in ...

- The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades . - US Congress is on track to be the most polarized ever, data shows ...

  https://www.economist.com/international/2024/02/28/africa-is-juggling-rival-powers-like-no-other-continent

  https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trust/archive/winter-2024/a-roadmap-for-managing-wildfire-costs

 What is a civility ordinance? The sidewalk law planned for some Houston neighborhoods, explained https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/...

  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/opinion/moral-hazard-drug-addiction.html

  https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/new-study-tells-compelling-story-of-support-for-various-election-and-voting-policies/

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-  Supreme Court takes up Trump immunity appeal . -  Dummy tank . - The Institute for the Study of War . -  Analysis of the United States Do...

- Click here for the article.  . . . a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court case in which the court held that, under Alabama's Wrongful Death of ...

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Jessica_McClure

Fiscal Federalism Social Goods - etc. . . .  - Click here for the article .   As Texans spend more of their income on paying their rent tha...