The Texas Supreme Court should grant Relator’s petition for mandamus because common law requires cities to adopt ballot language for a proposed ordinance that accurately identifies the measure’s chief features, character, and purpose. The municipal efficiency study is modeled on Ronald Reagan’s California Commission and Grace Commission, which sought to improve state government and federal government by conducting a thorough analysis of government operations and making specific efficiency and enhancement recommendations. By referring to the existing city and external auditors, and by including a speculative cost estimate, Austin affirmatively misrepresents the more comprehensive features, character, and purpose of the efficiency study. Accordingly, the Court should grant Relator’s petition for mandamus, and require Austin to adopt ballot language that complies with the common law standard.
Texas International Produce Association v. OSHA
Date Filed: December 3, 2025 Original Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Case Status: Pending While workplace safety is unquestionably important, Congress gave OSHA an extraordinarily broad mandate: the power to issue any rules it considers “reasonably necessary or appropriate” for workplace safety. For decades, OSHA has relied on that open-ended...