Xylazine is quickly becoming a threat in the drug crisis, but steps to combat it are already in effect. “The federal government has been much quicker to start worrying about xylazine than they were about fentanyl,” Drug Policy fellow Katharine Neill Harris said.
Some hospitals are struggling to keep their doors open as borrowing costs increase. For rural hospitals that have to borrow to cover expenses, “the higher interest rates are going to be very difficult for them to manage,” said Vivan Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics.
As Title 42 is set to expire, uncertainty grows about immigration policy in the U.S. “It was more designed for the era when people were fleeing political persecution in the Soviet Union or Cuba in small numbers,” fellow Mark P. Jones told KPRC 2.
Was there a disruption in voting in Harris County last November? As TX SB 1993 passes, Harris County could call for a new midterm election. Fellow Bob Stein points out that 26 locations with voting stoppages could have been due to a shortage of ballots.
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 could steer the kingdom toward a sustainable future. Will the long-awaited domestic energy transformation finally happen? "There have been a lot of false starts and a lot of pipe dreams," fellow Jim Krane told Energy Monitor.