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Tom Luce and Jeremy Mazur, in this commentary piece, urge Texas leaders to embrace the coming energy transition and see it as an expansion

Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt – whose business, public service and education leadership has helped shape and strengthen Dallas for more than 40 years – received the Maguire Ethics Center’s 2013 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award at a sold-out luncheon at noon Feb. 25 at the Belo Mansion Pavilion.  Presented each year by SMU’s Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility, the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award is given to individuals who exemplify the spirit of moral leadership and public virtue. For the Hunts, the first couple ever to ...

Illustration by Texas Monthly; Greg Abbott: Lynda M. Gonzalez/Getty; money: Getty In every Texas Lege session, the House’s budget hearing features some of the most high-strung debate, with the competing interests of various Texans fought out in full public view. In 2003, when Republicans had seized their first Texas House majority since Reconstruction and faced a $10 billion shortfall that had to be closed with spending cuts or higher taxes, debate on the budget lasted days. Democrats asked what Jesus might do if faced with cuts to programs for the neediest, while Republicans portrayed them...

Thanks but no thanks: States are wary of President Joe Biden’s offer to help them expand Medicaid Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY © [Lynne Sladky, AP, File] An activist wears a sign in support of Florida lawmakers expanding Medicaid during a protest in 2015 in Miami. WASHINGTON – State Rep. Steve Harshman voted again and again against expanding Medicaid eligibility in Wyoming, sure there had to be a better way of getting health care to low-income residents than what the federal government offered through the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Lacking a viable alternative, and after W...

Thanks but no thanks: States are wary of Joe Biden’s offer to help them expand Medicaid Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY © [Lynne Sladky, AP, File] An activist wears a sign in support of Florida lawmakers expanding Medicaid during a protest in 2015 in Miami. WASHINGTON – State Rep. Steve Harshman voted again and again against expanding Medicaid eligibility in Wyoming, sure there had to be a better way of getting health care to low-income residents than what the federal government has offered through the 2010 Affordable Care Act. But lacking a viable alternative, and with Wash...