Particularly (but not only) in Texas, Republican state legislatures’ response to liberal cities is to strip them of all power.
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Posted inWorking in America
He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.
Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required as part of a Travis County tax deal.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Biden Can Fight Back Against Lawless Judges
By seeking declaratory judgments on its rules, the administration can preempt right-wing efforts at forum-shopping.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Laws Stand Between Pregnant Texans and the Care They Need
Doctors are left to guess at whether helping their patients will land them in prison.
Posted inPolitics
The Real Goal Behind the Frenzy Against ‘Wokeness’
Get rich by getting the rubes mad.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Defense Denied
Many poor Texans are being shortchanged on their right to be represented by a defense attorney in cases with potentially life-changing consequences.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Border Patrol’s Power Grab
The agency seeks more authority from the legislature to nab trespassers and others in Texas.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Q&A: Inclusive Insurance to the Rescue?
Redesigning disaster insurance coverage could help low- and middle-income people keep one step ahead of the accelerating climate crisis.
Posted inTAP
Johnson & Johnson’s Texas Two-Step Dies
Today on Tap: But companies still have life to use the bankruptcy process to avoid accountability.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Et Tu, Jared Polis?
Buses are not the answer to emergency migrant services and immigration policy reforms.
