“For all of the pressure to paint the oil and gas businesses as riding off into the sunset,” fellow Michelle Michot Foss said of the fossil fuel investment boom, “the fact of the matter is that replacing these commodities will be exceedingly painful.”
As planning for the Texas spring legislative session begins, the budget surplus is expected to be a major talking point. Fellow Mark P. Jones told Texas Standard, “There’s a lot of money on the table, and that’s going to dominate the legislative session.”
With the labor market holding strong, companies raising wages to keep and attract workers could lead to persistent inflation — an especially important issue thanks to an aging U.S. population and its effect on the workforce, said fellow John Diamond.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a special counsel to investigate documents missing from the National Archives. Fellow Mark P. Jones joined KRLD to discuss the latest classified documents that involve Biden before his presidency.
Beyond wait time, the main difference between urgent care and the ER is proven revenue-driven strategies. “We live in a fee-for-service world, so the more patients you see, the more money you make,” explained Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics.