Beinser- Declaration Presentation by texaspolicy
The proposed Southern Spirit transmission line connecting Texas to Louisiana and Mississippi has generated a lot of headlines over the past week, with my favorite coming from the publication Electrek: “Hell froze over in Texas—the state will connect to the U.S. grid for the first time via a fed grant.” I laughed. The article fails...
New civics schools on college campuses are attempting to recover what’s long been lost. Universities across the country, often with the help of state legislatures, are attempting to recover some of the actual purpose of higher education, with many doing so by establishing new civics schools on their campuses. The University of Texas at Austin, according to a new cover story from Texas Monthly, is experiencing a “conservative takeover”...
The COVID-triggered recession of 2020 lasted two months, starting in February and ending in March, with the federal government spending trillions of dollars to stimulate the economy in the wake of a global pandemic. After losing almost 22 million jobs in two months due to government-imposed lockdowns, the economy recovered 12.5 million jobs—57% of the...