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24.05.16
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By Tatiana Velasco. Chronicle of Higher Education, April 12, 2024, pp. 58-59.
Presents data on community college transfers to four-year higher education institutions. Refers to a recent research report by the author. Highlights four major takeaways.
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24.05.17
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Classroom Teacher (Texas Classroom Teachers Association), Spring 2024, pp. 16-19.
Reviews new requirements established under HB 3, 88th Legislature, R.S. Discusses how some districts are working to comply with the new safety requirements. Includes issues districts are facing trying to meet compliance. Mentions of SB 838, HB 473, and SB 1720, 88th Legislature, R.S.
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24.05.18
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Classroom Teacher (Texas Classroom Teachers Association), Spring 2024, pp. 14-15.
Discusses how HB 1605, 88th Legislature, R.S., will affect mandated classroom teacher preparation requirements. Looks at new protections for teachers under the law.
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24.05.19
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By Sara Rosenbaum. Commonwealth Fund, April 17, 2024, p. 1.
Considers the effects of unwinding continual Medicaid enrollment. Explains that more than half of the people who went through the renewal process in Texas lost coverage.
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24.05.20
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Economist, April 20th-26th, 2024, pp. 15-17.
Reports on the slowdown in America’s population growth. Considers the potential issues federal, state, and local governments may face when places shrink due to population loss.
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24.05.21
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Economist, April 20th-26th, 2024, p. 21.
Provides background information about Grants Pass v. Johnson, a current U.S. Supreme Court case addressing laws regulating camping on public property.
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24.05.22
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By Carter H. Nakamoto, et al.
Health Affairs, May 2024, pp. 691-700.
Reviews the prevalence of telemedicine use by Medicare patients and the corresponding cost of health care spending and quality of care.
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24.05.23
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By Maeve E. Wallace, et al.
Health Affairs, May 2024, pp. 682-690.
Compares state laws restricting abortions and fatal intimate partner violence rates. Concludes that state laws restricting access to abortion are linked to increases in instances of fatal intimate partner violence for women and girls.
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24.05.24
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By Naomi Klinge. Houston Business Journal, April 26-May 2, 2024, pp. 19-20.
Discusses the rise of alternative energy in Houston, traditionally a city dominated by the oil and gas industry. Points to statistics illustrating Houston's job growth and noting that 15,000 new energy jobs were added between 2021 and 2022. Adds that the city expects the proposed HyVelocity Hub, which will produce clean hydrogen in the region, to create 45,000 jobs when it takes off.
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24.05.25
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By Morgan Craven. IDRA Newsletter (Intercultural Development Research Association), March 2024, pp. 3-4.
Discusses how implementing measures that harshly discipline and criminalize students can create a harmful cycle of school safety policies and practices. Compares safety strategies that harm students to safety strategies that help students.
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24.05.26
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By Jamiles Lartey. Marshall Project, March 30, 2024, p. 1.
Discusses the partisan battle over immigration enforcement, including the ongoing litigation over SB 4, 88th Legislature, 4th C.S., in Texas. Notes that close to 200 National Guard soldiers and state police officers from Iowa, Indiana, and Nebraska are preparing to deploy to the southern border in Texas. Adds that Tennessee and Georgia both passed bills bolstering the requirements for local police to inform federal immigration officials about undocumented persons.
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24.05.27
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By Ezra Greenberg, Erik Schaefer, and Brooke Weddle. McKinsey & Company, April 9, 2024, p. 1.
Discusses the coming hiring crunch faced by the U.S. for skilled tradespeople such as carpenters, electricians, welders, and plumbers. Notes that from 2022 to 2032, the U.S. expects annual hiring for these roles to be more than 20 times the projected annual increase in net new jobs, which could cost companies more than $5.3 billion every year in talent acquisition and training costs alone. Offers potential solutions to fill these talent pools.
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24.05.28
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By Deb Otis. Milken Institute Review, Second Quarter 2024, pp. 54-62.
Describes the concept of ranked choice voting (RCV), which gives voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference. Argues that RCV is the fastest-growing nonpartisan prescription for election reform and discusses the pros and cons of RCV.
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24.05.29
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By Antón Barba-Kay. New Republic, May 2024, pp. 30-37.
Discusses the ongoing failure of public schools to adapt to evolving technologies such as social media, cell phones, tablets, and other screened devices and to address the effects these technologies have on students. Posits that schools must fully embrace technological advances to improve student preparedness for a digital future or fully reject its use to improve student mental health in the present, but warns that continuing to ride the fence would be the most detrimental option.
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24.05.30
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By Emily Kerr, Robert Leigh, and Luis Torres. Southwest Economy (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas), May 3, 2024, p. 1.
Presents the outlook for Texas' high-tech industry, including an economic expansion spurred by business relocations from tech hubs such as Silicon Valley; federal investment in semiconductor production; and new demand from artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Charts trends in Texas high-tech employment and supply chains.
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24.05.31
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By Jasper Mason and Garland A. Kelley. State Bar of Texas: Oil, Gas and Energy Resources, Fall 2023, pp. 38-47.
Discusses how state and federal securities laws may apply to oil and gas interests.
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24.05.32
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By Cameron Abrams. Texan, April 30, 2024, p. 1.
Reviews university investments and endowments of The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas System, Permanent University Fund, and the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), including transactions with Israel and leading weapons manufacturing companies.
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24.05.33
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By Alisa Pierce. Texas Medicine, May 2024, pp. 20-23.
Discusses the benefits of expanded telehealth care, especially for patients who are unable to access specialty care in person. Notes Representative Trent Ashby's work to expand broadband access in Texas through Proposition 8 on the November 7 ballot (HJR 125, 88th Legislature, R.S. 2023), which will improve telehealth access in rural areas.
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