Elliott Management is asking FERC to let it purchase up to one-fifth of the common stock in a Texas utility.
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The War on Libraries
Today on TAP: Far-right state governments fear allowing children to think for themselves.
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The Republican Attack on Tenure
Today on TAP: The defenders of tenure as protecting academic freedom would have more credibility if they had resisted the plague of adjunct appointees, who have neither job security nor decent pay.
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Black Political Power Still Traumatizes the White South
After ‘Milligan,’ some redistricting cases may find their way back to state lawmakers who fear Black voters—and the multiracial coalitions they can anchor.
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Dow’s River
On the Brazos River in Texas, one chemical company reigns supreme.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Congress Short-Circuits the Electric Grid
It’s bad enough not to get a clean debt bill, but it’s worse to impede electric transmission issues as part of the bargain.
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Battlefield Reports From Our New Civil War
Today on TAP: Two Prospect pieces on red and blue trifecta states make clear we really are two separate nations.
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Texas Republicans to Cities: Drop Dead.
Particularly (but not only) in Texas, Republican state legislatures’ response to liberal cities is to strip them of all power.
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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.