Featured Advocates: Saving Matagorda Bay Could Take Legal Action (Neena Satija – The Texas Tribune, 11/14/2013) More than 100 environmental advocates and fishermen along the Gulf Coast met Wednesday to discuss the uncertain future of Matagorda Bay, a major destination for tourism, recreation and commercial fishing that has suffered greatly in recent years due to a lack of freshwater inflows…
On November 19, 2013, Dr. Regina G. Lawrence, Director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas School of Communication, will share information about the Texas Civic Health Index published earlier this year. The Index provides a comprehensive, first-time look at civic and political engagement in Texas. It presents information about who engages in their…
Featured Prop 6 coalition splits on path forward (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 11/7/2013) The ambitious plan to tap Texas’ savings account to address the state’s water needs brought together unlikely allies: environmentalists and chemical makers, farmers and builders, Republican Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic lawmakers. On the day after the passage of Proposition 6, the successful coalition began splintering over…