Dave Manning
Dave Manning is a content creation professional with a background in multiple forms of media and communications. As a former university publications editor, staff, and freelance writer, he has created content for newspapers, magazines, and online media sites.
He has also created content, both written and digital, for small businesses, global corporations, and nonprofit organizations. Aside from being a regular contributor to RA News, he is currently working on a novel for digital publication.
Texas Senate Considers Public School Finance, Past, Present, and Future
During the Senate Finance Committee’s first budget hearing for public education of the new legislative session Monday, committee members openly discussed the possibility of...
5th Circuit Strikes Down Law Prohibiting Alleged Domestic Abusers From Having Guns
Thursday in New Orleans, a unanimous panel of 5th Court justices, a conservative-leaning court, struck down a federal statute prohibiting possession of firearms by...
Is The TCEQ Allowing Texas Water And Air To Be Polluted?
Environmental advocates have accused the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) of failing to protect state waterways in violation of the Clean Water Act...
Nearly 200,000 Without Power In Austin, Despite ERCOT, PUC Assurances
Thousands lost power early Wednesday morning in Austin as the winter storm barreling through Texas caused tree limbs, heavy with frozen precipitation, to fall...
Could Vouchers Lead To Homeschooling Of Texas Children In Neo-Nazi Ideologies?
As the Texas Legislature debates bills in both chambers that could result in a voucher program that would effectively take funding from the state's...
As Winter Storm Paralyzes Texas, ERCOT And Abbott Say Grid Will Hold
While plans to redesign the Texas power grid are still being debated in the Texas Legislature, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is...
House Committee Interim Report Previews Texas Legislative Action On Education
In March of 2022 Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan tasked the House Committee on Public Education with studying multiple education issues during...
Lone Star Feast! Multiple Texans Are 2023 James Beard Awards Semifinalists
On Wednesday, the James Beard Foundation revealed the semifinalist nominees for the 2023 James Beard Awards, and 44 Texas restaurant industry professionals and eateries...
Wishy-Washy: Patrick’s Idea For Vouchers Excludes Rural Texas — Or Does It?
As the Texas Legislature prepares to debate proposals on everything from education to the power grid, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick seems to be...
Is The “Empowering Parents” Movement A ‘Trojan Horse’ For School Vouchers In Texas?
As Republicans bring their arch-conservative agenda to the Texas Legislature again this spring, among the pieces of legislation will be those that seek to...
