By Texas AFTAs the COVID-19 pandemic continues, with new variants fueling another rise in cases, Texas educators, school employees, students and families are confronting another return to school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI_IFiRtZPw Texas AFT While most Texas students have been in physical classrooms for months, some will return to in-person instruction for the first time since March 2020. […]
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Election reforms in Texas still have bipartisan support
Texans support lawmakers pressing ‘reset’ on election reforms in the special session, focusing on enhanced accountability and access — not political interference or new restrictions.
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Sempra’s commitment to innovation, sustainability & leadership in Texas
By SempraSempra is a North American energy infrastructure company helping to advance the global energy transition by enabling the delivery of lower-carbon energy solutions in every market it serves.As Sempra helps advance the global energy transition, its energy behind Texas continues to grow and is anchored in the key pillars presented in the company’s 13th […]
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Sempra’s commitment to innovation, sustainability & leadership in Texas
By SempraSempra is a North American energy infrastructure company helping to advance the global energy transition by enabling the delivery of lower-carbon energy solutions in every market it serves.As Sempra helps advance the global energy transition, its energy behind Texas continues to grow and is anchored in the key pillars presented in the company’s 13th […]
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Is the Texas Railroad Commission finally ready to get serious about flaring?
By Colin Leyden, Director of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, Environmental Defense FundFor years now, excessive flaring in the oil field has been a black eye for Texas’ oil and gas industry. Flaring — the process of burning away the natural gas that companies either can’t or don’t want to sell — has drawn ire from […]
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Why we joined the SAM Party of Texas
Candidates in the two incumbent parties have been reduced to pursuing extreme policies and pandering to their ideological bases. Both benefit from political theatre and polarization.
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Hobby School tackles policy to find solutions through education, research and service
Policy affects all areas of life and our communities need professionals who can analyze, interpret and lead change for public good. Graduates of the Hobby School hit the ground running in their future careers, given their mastery of both the technical and humanistic aspects of public policy.
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Yesterday’s challenges produce today’s successes: Public education in Texas
As the public education system grew, so did the need for professionals to help manage finance and operations. In 1946, the Texas Association of School Business Officials was created.
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Will and Oveta Hobby: Why Texas’ original power couple still matters
By the University of Texas PressOveta Culp Hobby with March of Dimes polio poster child, ca. 1953. Courtesy of the Eisenhower Library.On April 12, 1955, Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), signed the first licenses to allow the manufacture and distribution of the polio vaccine.“It’s a great […]
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Vaccine equity — not hesitancy
By Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., Hogg Foundation for Mental HealthDr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. is the executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and senior associate vice president for diversity and community engagement at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also a clinical professor in UT’s School of Social Work […]