A Review of the 84th Texas Legislature

Can Texas Restore Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity to Higher Education?

Americans once said, “As California goes, so goes the nation.” Hopefully after this legislative session, Americans will say, “As Texas goes, so goes the nation.” The Lone Star State’s leaders are fighting fiercely right now to restore non-discrimination and equal rights under the law. These are American values embedded in U.S. civil rights laws and...

Emperor Biden Plots Dubious Debt End-Around

The U.S. is said, by the Biden administration Treasury Department, to be three weeks from an historic default on federal bond payments. This is due to the federal government spending $1.4 trillion more than it’s taking in this year in taxes, thus exceeding the statutory debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion. But Democratic President Joe Biden doesn’t...

Physician Graduates are the Shortage Solution

In 2018, our state needed 6,218 more physicians to meet the demand caused by Texas’ booming population growth—and this shortage is expected to grow to 10,330 physicians by 2032 if we do not find a solution. In 2014, Missouri became the first state to propose a solution. It created a new role for medical school...