“The primordial goal of the Las Vegas Sands in contributing millions of dollars to Texas lawmakers,” fellow Mark P. Jones told Casino, “is to obtain access to the most lucrative untapped gambling market in the United States: the Lone Star State.”
“Until Congress passes legislation that provides rules related to DACA, rules related to asylum, rules related to the border, you're going to have this ad hoc battle between executive orders and states,” fellow Mark P. Jones said of the push against DACA.
Fellow Mark P. Jones joined Houston Matters to discuss the latest report released from the University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs that covers Texans' attitudes toward a range of issues — from ethnic studies to the definition of marriage.
Despite Uvalde families’ continuous efforts to lobby for gun reforms, fellow Mark P. Jones said he is doubtful any Gun Control policy will make it to law this session. “All of that has been proposed,” Jones told ABC, “None of it is going to pass.”
SB147 would prohibit citizens from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying land in Texas. Fellow Mark P. Jones sees the bill as largely symbolic & unlikely to be enacted, but if it does pass, he expects the bill to be challenged constitutionally.