Professor Kenneth Flamm and a team of graduate public policy students from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin identified broadband infrastructure as more important than the number of COVID cases and death rates in a school district's decision to switch to remote learning, while placing second in an international data science competition run
Commentary: University Lands should commit to end flaring
Luke Metzger, For the Express-News
May 8, 2021
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Apache Corp., one of the largest oil producers in the Permian Basin, says it plans to eliminate all routine onshore flaring in the U.S. by the end of the year. Texas is considering legislation that would direct the UT System to eliminate routine methane flaring on its land by 2025.Spencer Platt /TNS
Last month, BP announced its plans to end routine flaring by 2025. Flaring, the practice of burning unwanted gas in the oilfields, is dirty and the damage it causes to the planet has given Texas’ reputation a black eye.
The Texas House has approved a bill that would allow handguns to be carried without a permit, marking a win for gun rights activists who have for years pushed the measure at the Legislature but a blow to El Paso Democrats who have been fighting for gun safety measures since the 2019 massacre in their hometown.
Texas fetal heartbeat bill allowing citizens to sue over an abortion clears major hurdle
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Texas State Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, second from left, talks with fellow lawmakers in the House Chamber, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Austin, Texas, after she became upset while asking questions of Rep. Shelby Slawson about a proposed bill. Howard opposes a bill introduced in Texas that would ban abortions as early as six weeks and allow private citizens to enforce it through civil lawsuits, under a measure given preliminary approval by the Republican-dominated state House on Wednesday. The move would have Texas join about a dozen other Republican-led states to pass so-called heartbeat bills which have been mostly blocked by federal courts. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay, STF / Associated Press