A collection of three papers on state water policy, written specifically for the Foundation. The authors include Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman Kathleen Hartnett White and Katharine Armstrong, former Chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The papers explore the history of the state’s water policy while examining how the market can better meet the ever increasing – and contentious – demands for water.
Uproar Over Texas Divesting from BlackRock Shows ESG Activists’ Disdain for the Rule of Law
On March 19, Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) Chairman Aaron Kinsey issued a statement that the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF), one of the largest and oldest education endowments in the country with over $53 billion in assets, was moving $8.5 billion from BlackRock to other asset managers. Chairman Kinsey noted in the statement...