Record heat is dangerous for workers outside. Even so, Governor Abbott just signed a law preventing local communities from enacting laws for mandatory water breaks.
Especially in Texas. We have one of the biggest and most authoritarian governments in the country whose power is heavily weighted to the executive branch. It is emblematic of the problems of “big government.”
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Even the government is bigger in Texas.
Especially in Texas. We have one of the biggest and most authoritarian governments in the country whose power is heavily weighted to the executive branch. It is emblematic of the problems of “big government.”