State legislature of the US state of Texas
Editors at Issues and Insights consider the impact of Texas’ ongoing redistricting controversy. Consider what has transpired in the past few weeks and ask yourself which political party is acting…
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about a current national election map controversy. Several Republican-controlled states are looking at (potentially) undertaking mid-decade redistricting that could boost the GOP’s prospects of…
My Locke colleague Brian Balfour has noted that Americans voted with their feet in 2021, moving away from higher-tax states to lower-tax states like North Carolina. Check out the chart…
Rich Lowry of National Review Online corrects errors in the record surrounding Texas’ latest election reform. The Democratic opposition to legislative minorities using whatever leverage they have to block legislation…
Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon writes that the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to “slow walk” the Trump administration’s attempt to exclude illegal immigrants from the Census counts…
A bill before the North Carolina General Assembly would let reflexologists practice without needing a license from the state Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy. Senate Bill 527 would extend…
Joseph Warta writes for the Martin Center about a court case involving Texas-style university safety measures. The fight for gun rights on campus is often contentious and generally does not…
One of the signs of a higher education bubble: a rampant grade inflation in which “an A is the most common grade given in college — 43 percent of all…
The most dramatic moment of the GOP debate in Florida on September 12 revolved around Michele Bachmann’s attack regarding Rick Perry’s executive order mandating that all females in Texas get…
Even people who support public schools and are anti-voucher and anti-choice are fed up with public schools. This group in Texas has formed to support legislators of both parties who…