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The Governor's 3rd Special Session is underway focused on School Vouchers, despite its resounding failure in the regular session when legislators held the line for public schools. One of the most knowledgeable people in Texas on school finance is Troy Reynolds, the...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is running for President of the United States will be in Bastrop this Sunday, September 24. Join him at the Bastrop Convention Center at 4:30 pm. This event is free, but you must RSVP here. Plenty of seats are available, but RSVP soon!...
You are cordially invited to a Meet and Greet with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is running for President of the United States this coming Sunday, September 24, 4:30 - 6:30 at the Bastrop Convention Center. This event is free, but you must RSVP here. Plenty of seats are...
LIV Report on HB 2127 HB 2127 Attack on Home Rule Gets the Boot by Judge Gamble; it ain't over yet! Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Plano, Arlington, Waco, Denton, and other cities that were represented by the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the non-profit...
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED - STAY TUNE FOR A NEW DATE Sat, Sep 16 | Virtual and in-person Texas Water Forum Texas Water Challenges This is online AND in person. LIV is honored to host the inimitable Chap Ambrose of Keep Bastrop Boring, Elon Musk's...
Sat, Sep 16 | Virtual and in-person Texas Water Forum Texas Water Challenges This is online AND in person. LIV is honored to host the inimitable Chap Ambrose of Keep Bastrop Boring, Elon Musk's neighbor, to discuss industrial development upstream of Bastrop, an...
We learned lots of things about soil regeneration and successful sustainable farm and ranch practices at the Southern Family Farms Conference last week. Most important was what we learned about the Farm Bill, something that is addressed every five years by Congress....
Dear LIV Friends and Members: We look forward to seeing you in person in Bastrop or on Zoom from anywhere across Texas, this Saturday at 3 pm. RSVP here....
Zero Waste in Bastrop County - August 19 Are you trying to deal with trash as record numbers of people move in? Come, let's talk about it with expert, Stacy Savage of 0Waste.org. Zero waste is an economic system to keep materials out of landfills and to drive local...
Offensive Realism and The War in Ukraine John Mearsheimer, the esteemed Political Science Professor at the University of Chicago, is one of the leading scholars in the world who shaped the school of "offensive realism." It's complicated, nonpartisan, and blunt....