Texas’ Redistricting Fight Goes National
Texas Republicans are moving to redraw the state’s congressional map — an unusual mid-decade redistricting effort that’s…
August 7, 2025 5513 Results
Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes
Kaitlin May
Kaitlin May is program manager for the Center for Health Policy at the Baker Institute. She oversees budget and financial…
Laura Grobe
Laura Gould is a communications specialist for the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute. She oversees…
‘Trainsmission’: An Old New Idea August 5, 2025
Introduction — Solar by Train?
In a world where electricity is the currency of both information and energy aspirations, a key…
Advanced Recycling: Potential, Controversy, and the Future of Plastics (Part 1)
Rachel Meidl and City College of New York professor Marco Castaldi unpack the complex world of advanced recycling, also…
August 5, 2025 
Advanced Recycling: Potential, Controversy, and the Future of Plastics (Part 2)
Rachel Meidl continues her conversation with Marco Castaldi, professor of chemical engineering at the City College of New…
August 5, 2025 Non-Medical Drivers of Health
Improving health outcomes and health care value by addressing the health-impacting conditions where people live, learn, work…
Nonresident Fellow
Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes is an engineer with thirteen years of experience in acquiring, financing, and developing both…
Testimony to the Texas Local Government Committee
Testimony of John W. Diamond to the Texas Local Government Committee on Aug. 1, 2025.
August 1, 2025 
Houston employers face emerging opportunities to lower health care costs with price transparency data, according to Baker Institute report July 31, 2025
A new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares the cost of receiving care at Baylor St. Luke…