Texans statewide cried out in February when they were hit with record power blackouts and freezing coldâand it is still uncertain if state officials did much to protect the grid moving forward. â[By the morning of February 15,] half of Texasâ wind turbines were frozen...
Three weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott was publicly taken to task for claiming Texasâ power grid was in âbetterâ shape than everâdespite evidence to the contraryâhe has directed a shift in policy away from green energy. However, he didnât put energy on the agenda in the...
Gov. Greg Abbott was scorched last week after claiming Texasâ power grid was âbetter today than itâs ever been.â A Forbes opinion piece points out the grid needs attention, corroborating policy expertsâ previous statements that more reliable thermal power is needed,...
Last week, Forbes published a scathing rebuke of rail-transit systems for their waste, inefficiency, and ineffectiveness â pointing to Austinâs MetroRail as, âperhaps Americaâs leading rail transit failure.â In the piece, aptly titled, âAustinâs Commuter Rail Is A...
Between 2003 and 2013, local debt in Texas grew nearly twice as fast as the rate of population growth, after adjusting for inflation. In response, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has joined forces with several other organizations in calling for local government...
Although countless members of the legislature have appropriately defended Gov. Perryâs exercising of his constitutional authority to veto funding for a discredited agency, few have been willing to defend embattled UT Regent, Wallace Hall, for fulfilling his fiduciary...
