Most of what a government is, historically, is one thing: a single will at the top, however that will gets chosen or replaced. A king, a parliament, a politburo — the label changes, but sovereignty itself stays whole, a single […]
Three regions into this beat and no two legislatures have run on the same clock. [What Sacramento Is Deciding](/posts/what-sacramento-is-deciding) covered a state in continuous annual session against a hard floor deadline. [Austin's Long Recess](/posts/austin-s-long-recess) covered one that meets once every […]
[What Sacramento Is Deciding](/posts/what-sacramento-is-deciding) and [Austin's Long Recess](/posts/austin-s-long-recess) gave this beat two structural patterns already: a legislature in continuous annual session against a hard floor deadline, and a legislature that meets once every two years and spends the other nineteen […]
Ask someone how a political movement grows and they'll usually answer in terms of message, money, or charisma — the right slogan, enough donors, a leader people will follow. Those things matter, but they're not what actually determines whether a […]
[What Sacramento Is Deciding](/posts/what-sacramento-is-deciding) opened this site's legislature beat with California, mid-session, bills moving through committee on a clock. Texas is the second region on that beat, and it immediately breaks the format that piece assumed: there is no Texas […]
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