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OPINION: US public school enrollment has peaked
By Bill King In the second half of the twentieth century, enrollment in U.S. public schools nearly doubled.
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OPINION: WATER FOR TEXANS, BY TEXANS: THE PATH TO SELF-RELIANCE
By Sid Miller Water is the lifeblood of Texas agriculture, and nowhere is that more critical than in the Rio Grande Valley.
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OPINION: Slowdown and examination needed in process to expand Muleshoe Refuge
By The Texas Dispatch Editorial Board A pending proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge from 6,440 acres tops much as 7 million acres has ignited a firestorm across Texas and New Mexico.
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OPINION: FIGHTING FOR TEXAS FARMLAND: THE BATTLE AT MULESHOE
By Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Our nation’s agriculture industry is under siege, and the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear in the Texas Panhandle.
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OPINION: Government-imposed electricity costs totaled $20 billion last year
By Bill Peacock Only a decade ago, Texas had the most competitive electricity market in the world, a market that produced reliable, affordable electricity.
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OPINION: Congressman Veasey supports printing medication information, and so should you
By Andrew Vale You may not know it, but the printing industry constitutes a large portion of the US economy, especially the economy of Texas.
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OPINION: Texas’s Cold War: A Call for “Ceasefire”
By Brian Thornton In Texas, the legal and political tension between state lawmakers and its populous, “blue” urban cities and counties is nothing new, but the intensity of this ongoing power struggle has, by any measure, increased in recent history.
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OPINION: Do Not Mail Checks in Window Envelopes!
By Bill King A couple of months ago, I wrote a check for about $200 to my pool company for the monthly maintenance.
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OPINION: Austin rail project rewriting Texas norms, state leaders should weigh in before it goes too far
By The Texas Dispatch Editorial Board During the 88th regular session, a legislative fight about how the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is financing a $7 billion + light rail project in Austin concluded with a sustained point-of-order brought by Representative John Bucy in the final days of the session.
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OPINION: The Texas Grid Held . . . Barely
By Bill King During the recent winter storm Heather (January 13-16), the Texas grid was able to produce enough energy to meet the demand, but just barely.
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OPINION: Texas Supreme Court to Determine Legality of $26 Billion Energy Tax
By Bill Peacock Next week, the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to determine the legality of a 2021 Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) rule that arbitrarily raised the price of electricity to $9,000 per megawatt hour during Winter Storm Uri—about four times the market price at the time.
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OPINION: The Real Costs for Texas Southern Border Counties
By Thomas McGregor Beyond immigration concerns, Texas is grappling with a significant and heartbreaking challenge.