In this episode of Houston Newsmakers, host Khambrel Marshall sits down with former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett to discuss the “winners and losers” of the 2022 midterm elections in Texas.
In the American Political Science Association's newsletter on Middle East and North African (MENA) politics, Kelsey Norman, the director of the Women's Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program at the Baker Institute, reflected on her own experience conducting qualitative, interview-based research with migrants and refugees in the MENA region as a way to explore some of the ethical questions surrounding this type of work.
The IRS just released estimates of the tax gap — the difference between taxes paid on time and taxes owed — last week. In an article for Law 360, public finance fellow Joyce Beebe explored why the gap is growing and what it says about the tax compliance landscape.
2022 has brought another round of the same bad energy policy ideas, write Center for Energy Studies fellow Michelle Michot Foss and Lucian Pugliaresi in a recent commentary. Their simple solution to ongoing energy woes? Support the domestic oil and gas industry.
As polls open in Harris County, where do likely voters stand on key races and policy issues? Read the results from a new University of Houston Hobby School report, co-authored by political science fellow Mark Jones.