The Democratic candidate for Texas Land Commissioner is Benjamin Flores who, if he wins, would oversee the General Land Office which is Texas' oldest state agency. The TLC's main role is to oversee Texas' 13 million acres of public lands.
Newly released by the Heritage Foundation is a report that asserts that the promotion of competitive sports for girls and women “formed a core element of a broader project to remake female character itself — producing a new woman who would be more aggressive, assertive, dominant, and less deferential, less graceful, and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional feminine graces.” Reports like this show our progress in women’s rights is not set in stone. We must fight the battle every day.
The Texas Railroad Commission no longer regulates railroads but has the critical role of providing oversight of the Texas oil and gas industry and related industries like pipelines. Unfortunately, it has many issues, least of which is commissioners receiving 60% of their campaign funding from the industry they regulate.