News from January 2023
Scholar's criticism of diversity, inclusion and equity on campuses includes Texas universities
By T.H. Lawrence | Jan 31, 2023
Mason Goad understands the power of words, innocent and well-meaning as they can appear.
Tepper: 'DEI offices use public funds to practice woke discrimination, self-segregation and division'
By Austin Journal Report | Jan 31, 2023
Rep. Carl Tepper (R-Lubbock) has introduced legislation to effectively ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices from operating with taxpayer money on the grounds that it supports "reverse discrimination" contrary to the purpose of higher education.
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors will meet Feb. 9
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 31, 2023
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors will meet at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 9
City of Austin Public Health Committee will meet Feb. 8
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 30, 2023
City of Austin Public Health Committee will meet at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8
Author of Texas power grid reform: PUC's plan 'represents a substantial departure from the legislative intent of Senate Bill 3'
By Austin Journal Report | Jan 28, 2023
Texas State Senator Charles Schwertner (R) sent the Public Utility Commission (PUC) a letter criticizing its plan for improving the reliability of Texas' energy grid following a legislative meeting held on January 19
City of Austin Public Health Committee met Dec. 5
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 26, 2023
City of Austin Public Health Committee met Monday, Dec. 5
The Idealogical Infection at UT Austin's Dell School of Medicine
By Mason Goad | Jan 25, 2023
Texas is the state of cowboys, rodeos, and cultural revolution, or at least it will be if advocates of “Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity” (DIE) have their way with UT Austin—the university in the capital of the lone star state—and they are gunning for the school’s medical education next.
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors met Dec. 1
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 25, 2023
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors met Thursday, Dec. 1
Manhattan Institute's Shapiro and Rufo: 'Abolish 'diversity, equity and inclusion' bureaucracies'
By Austin Journal Report | Jan 24, 2023
Ilya Shapiro and Chris Rufo of the Manhattan Institute recently wrote an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal where they called for legislators to reform higher education through a list of reform proposals that started with abolishing “diversity, equity and inclusion” offices.
City of Austin Mobility Committee will meet Feb. 2
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 24, 2023
City of Austin Mobility Committee will meet at 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2
City of Austin City Council will meet Jan. 24
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 23, 2023
City of Austin City Council will meet at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24
Abbott: Texas will see 'largest property tax cut' in state history
By Austin Journal Report | Jan 19, 2023
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered his third inaugural address on Tuesday, highlighting Texas’ economic success and calling for record-breaking property tax cuts.
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors met Nov. 3
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 19, 2023
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors met Thursday, Nov. 3
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors will meet Jan. 26
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 18, 2023
City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors will meet at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 26
Central Texas Interfaith of Austin continues crusade against Chapter 313 tax abatement
By T.H. Lawrence | Jan 17, 2023
Like Dracula in countless movies, a Texas program that provided massive tax breaks for companies at the expense of school districts could rise from the grave.
Abbott in third inaugural address: 'We work every day to live up to Texas exceptionalism'
By John Suayan | Jan 17, 2023
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were formally sworn in to their respective third terms in an inauguration ceremony at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday.
Prescott on playoff victory over Brady, Tampa Bay: 'I knew what this game meant'
By John Suayan | Jan 17, 2023
On the eighth try, the Dallas Cowboys finally defeated the man arguably known as the National Football League’s (NFL) greatest player.
City of Austin City Council will meet Jan. 26
By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Jan 17, 2023
City of Austin City Council will meet at 10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 26