Texas is a big state with big issues happening across the state. Here is our list of significant public policy stories that happened across the state that might not have received as much attention as they may have deserved. This post contains explanations of one through five, and a second post includes six through ten. Senators Huffines and Burton and …
As part of passage of an otherwise pretty good looking Transportation Master Plan, the San Marcos City Council has adopted a recommendation to develop a Vision Zero goal to end traffic deaths and sever injuries, develop a task force, and adopt a Vision Zero Action Plan by 2023. Texas leads the nation in traffic deaths, with ten people dying on an …
Austin Mayor Steve Adler has proclaimed November 18, 2018 as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in Austin. In November of every year Texas marks a grim anniversary. Every single day, for the last 18 years, a family has lost a loved one to traffic violence in Texas. But the losses are even bigger than that, because an average of 10 people die …