The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will finalize a sweeping new regulation, the Clean Power Plan (CPP), to fight climate change–yet, the EPA admits the CPP will have no measurable impact on global temperatures. The main effect on major regions across the country will be either steeply rising electricity rates or potentially catastrophic shortages of electricity.
Higher Education
Safe Schools and Fair Standards
Safe Schools and Fair Standards Key points: Texas’s higher education code is not aligned with Supreme Court precedent on the correct standards for defining harassment. Texas statute does not define what makes conduct “severe,” “persistent,” or “pervasive.” The existing legal framework should remain intact but needs updated definitions that protect both free speech and students...
September 28, 2026