For the second year, 24/7 Wall St. has reviewed data on financial, health, standard of living and government services by state to determine how well each state is managed. Based on this data, 24/7 Wall St. ranked the 50 states from the best to worst run. The best-run state is Wyoming. The worst-run state is California. [...]
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Texas, Neither the Worst Run State Nor the Best Run State: Where do we rank?
Posted in Good Government, tagged State ranking on December 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Federal Regulatory Accountability Act Puts the Public in Harm’s Way
Posted in Good Government, tagged Cost-benefit analysis, regulation, Rulemaking on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a state where regulatory issues are driven by ”crony capitalism” a has proposed federal bill could give industry a blank check here in Texas. The Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) (S. 1606/H.R. 3010) is a radical measure that would severely weaken laws that protect our health, safety and the environment. A new paper from the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, [...]
Texas Enterprise Fund Grantees Failed to Deliver Jobs
Posted in Good Government, tagged jobs, Rick Perry, texans for public justice, texas enterprise fund on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new Texans for Public Justice report finds that most of Governor Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) projects failed to deliver on their 2010 job promises. The study analyzes compliance reports filed by 65 companies that received $350 million to create Texas jobs in 2010. “Governor Perry’s jobs’ stimulus program is a classic example [...]
Why the Solyndra solar bankruptcy scandal is a big deal, but not the big deal some are making of it
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Good Government, Nuclear, solar, Tarsands, tagged Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, loan guarantee, Obama administration, solar energy, Solyndra, united states department of energy, white house on September 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
California solar energy company Solyndra had its offices raided last week by federal agents as part of an ongoing investigation into their bankruptcy and federal loan guarantees they’d received form the Department of Energy. Some critics have cried foul, trying to show how federal money spent on emerging technology is a waste. Others have tried [...]
Groups use social networking as a response to corporate influence over our political process
Posted in Good Government, tagged Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on August 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Day When $$$$ Equals Speech The American public has become increasingly frustrated and angry about the corporate corruption of Congress. With the influence over politics wielded by wealthy corporate interests through their political spending, even modest efforts to curb pollution, ensure clean water and safe food, secure our financial system and more are stymied. [...]
2010 PAC Spending Jumps 12 Percent
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged PACs, Texas on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to a new report by Texans for Public Justice (TPJ), a record 1,302 active Texas political action committees (PACs) spent $133 million in the two-year 2010 election cycle, a 12 percent increase from the 2008 cycle. Over the past decade Texas PACs increased their spending nearly three-fold and the number of active PACs grew [...]
Texas League of Conservation Voters 2011 Legislative Scorecard
Posted in Good Government, tagged League of Conservation Voters, Legislative session, Texas on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the Legislative Session, the Texas League of Conservation Voters was at the capitol advancing an environmental conservation agenda on behalf of Texas Voters. They have now released their 2011 TLCV scorecard which covers a range of votes and issues, including: renewable energy, green technologies, recycling and waste disposal. Each vote scored presented a clear [...]
The fairy tale of Texas politics
Posted in Good Government, tagged Austin American-Statesman, David Simpson, public citizen texas, Texas on July 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In an Austin American-Statesman editorial that ran last Saturday, July 2nd, the paper talked quite candidly about the lack of a level playing field in the Texas capital as pointed out by conservative East Texas republican freshman Representative David Simpson and liberal Austin-based Public Citizen director, Tom “Smitty” Smith. The odd man from East Texas Austin [...]
FEC approves Colbert SuperPAC – hilarity AND sadness to ensue?
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Campaign Finance, citizens united, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Craig Holman, FEC, federal election commission, Karl Rove, Public Citizen, sarah palin, Stephen Colbert, SuperPACS on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen Colbert and the FEC squared off today in Washington over the fake news anchor’s SuperPAC request. Colbert testified today in an FEC hearing in which he sought a media exemption so he can form his own Super political action committee. The Comedy Central host has been making fun of campaign finance laws for months [...]
Dead Air for Perry
Posted in Good Government, tagged Immigration, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Rick Perry, Texas on June 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In an interesting twist to what had been a post-session, pre-presidential run period of crowds chanting “Run, Rick, Run!” everywhere he has shown up, probably reminiscent of the Governor’s A&M yell leader years, Rick Perry was subtly called to task for anti-immigrant efforts during both the regular and special session of the 82nd legislature, then shunned by San Antonio [...]
New Laws Offer Hope For Transparency
Posted in Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged andy wilson, kirk watson, LBJ School, Public Disclosure Laws, Texas Legislature, texas tribune on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Legislature has taken steps to offer more transparency in government this legislative year. As a Texas Tribune article written by Becca Aaronson points out, lawmakers hope this will provide a lot of information to be available online. However, some people are worried that private information could be leaked to the public because of [...]
Austin City Council Run-off Election Debate
Posted in Energy, Good Government, tagged Austin, City Council, debate, election, Energy, kathy tovo, randi shade, run-off, solar on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Solar Austin held a debate between Austin City Council Place 3 candidates Randi Shade and Kathy Tovo. The focus was on energy issues. Here is a brief excerpt from the debates where each candidate addresses a question about how an increase of electricity rates should be handled. The election is this Saturday, June 18. You [...]
Disclosure Forms Show Texas Lawmakers Invest in Media While Others Are In Debt
Posted in Good Government, tagged blake farenthold, Disclosure Reports, Kenny Marchant, Lloyd Doggett, michael burgess, Michael McCaul, OpenSecrets, Washington Post, William Flores on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Public disclosure forms released Wednesday show that Texas lawmakers have widely varying financial situations. In an OpenSecrets blog post, Tarini Parti breaks down how many members of Congress invest in media organizations. Parti explains that this could be a conflict of interest because many members have a “vested interest…in the performance of the same organizations [...]
State Senator Attempts to Get Rid of His Own Amendment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, Rick Perry, Sen. Mike Jackson on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas State Senator Mike Jackson added an amendment to the ethics bill (HB 1616) only 48 hours before the regular session ended and seems to be regretting that decision. Now he wants Gov. Rick Perry to veto his own legislation. The amendment was written so that candidates would have been able to expunge from their [...]
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