Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2021
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Small Business Administration headquarters in Washington. SBA
A federal agency formed to champion small-business interests has morphed into what critics call an anti-regulatory mouthpiece, and it has sights on President Biden s agenda.
The Small Business Administration s Office of Advocacy tends to ramp up during Democratic administrations, seeking to influence federal environmental and workplace regulations so they are more amenable to companies like small refiners and tanneries.
The office has already rebuffed Biden energy standards and critical habitat proposals, after four years of being all but silent under former President Trump. It was almost dormant under Republican administrations, and then it springs into action under Democratic administrations, said Amit Narang, an analyst at left-leaning Public Citizen, which has been critical of the office. This could emerge as an issue for EPA as
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It Is Time for Dallas to Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting
As six council campaigns head to runoffs, let s finally admit that Dallas municipal elections have morphed into glorified primaries.
By Peter Simek
Published in
FrontBurner
May 6, 2021
9:10 am
Amid all the postgame analysisthat has been flyingabout in the aftermath of last Saturday’s municipal elections, one simple and striking fact bears mentioning: up until a few election cycles ago, sitting council members were rarely challenged. That has changed – big time. Last Saturday’s elections saw competitive races in nearly every district, and three incumbents David Blewett, Adam Bazaldua, and Carolyn King Arnold have been forced into runoffs. In general, that’s a good thing. More candidates mean more ideas are brought to the table, more citizens are engaged in the electoral process, and council members are more responsive to the constituents who put them in office.