Outrage begun by California school calling Florida and Texas “idiots” in student test A social science teacher at Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA, i being investigated after students were asked a politically biased question on a test The test question read, “A group of complete idiots is:” with the answers being: a)KKK, b) “All… Continue reading California News – 11-09-2021
Tag: Texas
Business News – 08-27-2021
Tesla has applied to become a Texas electricity provider Tesla filed an application with the Texas Public Utility Commission to sell electricity in the state as the company’s big battery build-out in Angleton, Texas comes online The company aims to connect a 100 megawatt energy storage system to the grid and has already built several utility-scale… Continue reading Business News – 08-27-2021
Legislative News – 08-09-2021
Loosened gun laws remain unaffected by Police disapproval Republican lawmakers in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee are opposed by police officers who are against the push to loosen gun laws The latest push for gun laws to drop requirements for people to receive background checks and training before carrying handguns in public With… Continue reading Legislative News – 08-09-2021
Legislative News – 08-07-2021
Texas Democats continue their holdout and refuse to return to state Capitol As the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott begins his third attempt at passing new election laws, Texas Democrats still refuse to return to Austin as of August 7 In a joint statement Saturday, Democrats said 26 of them would remain “part of an… Continue reading Legislative News – 08-07-2021
Legislative News – 07-13-2021
Residential/Business solar power fees in Alabama causes federal lawsuit Homeowners and Environmental groups in Alabama have filed a federal lawsuit against the state regulators for approving Alabama’s Solar Power fees on customers who have on-site or rooftop solar Alabama Power argues that the fees are needed to maintain the infrastructure that provides backup power to customers… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-13-2021
Legislative News – 07-12-2021
Senators from holdout states want new plan similar to Medicaid Coming from states that have not accepted the expansion of Medicaid , Three Democratic US Senators want the federal government to come up with a plan similar to Medicaid Today (Monday) Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia along with Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-12-2021
Legislative News – 07-10-2021
As GOP weighs in on voting law, group of Democrats plan to walk Among a small group of Democrats, they prepare to stage a second walkout again in order to stop a voting measure in Texas from being passed Republicans this weekend have intended to advance the new election bill which would restrict polling places… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-10-2021
Legislative News – 07-07-2021
Failed New Voting Laws in Texas are revived by state Governor Greg Abbot With the failure of the new Texas Voting laws to be passed, the Governor of the state Greg Abbot revives Republican efforts in passing the new laws In a special session that begins Thursday (tomorrow), he is instructing Texas lawmakers to revise… Continue reading Legislative News – 07-07-2021
California News – 06-28-2021
Housing market in Austin Texas is seeing mass migrations of former California residents The metro area of Austin, Texas has seen considerable growth by about 180 new residents each day which marks the fastest growing region in 10 years Many Californians are moving to Austin because of the relatively low cost of living especially compared… Continue reading California News – 06-28-2021
Legislative News – 06-01-2021
Wisconsin governor Tony Evers says vetoing Entire state budget is an option Gov. Tony Evers refuses to rule out the possibility of vetoing the entire state budget which is being written by a “Republican-controlled legislature committee” currently Republicans in the state agreed to spend less than 10% of their funding of what he proposed for… Continue reading Legislative News – 06-01-2021