A third of America’s domestic crude oil – and most of the Gulf’s oil-comes from wells that are “deep water,” using the administration’s definition. The moratorium does not affect existing wells, but by freezing out virtually all new offshore wells, it will prevent some 200,000 barrels per day of output next year, and perhaps 340,000 barrels per day-20 percent of total U.S. production-by 2015, with the amount increasing every year after that.
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