The NEW Public License Lookup has officially launched! To access, visit: licenselookup.tcole.texas.gov/PublicLookup/ #txlege #opengovernment #accessibility #publicinformation

IYKYK … #EconTwitter

We Arnold Ventures were frustrated that the US publishes data on the # of hogs slaughtered each day with a one day lag but national crime stats only annually, 9 months later. Since the FBI can't/won't publish more timely data, we funded the creation of realtimecrimeindex.com

“Transparency around licensing, employment and training is key for Texans to have confidence in the public safety professionals who serve them,” Texas 2036's Luis Soberon told KXAN News. #txjustice "Texas 2036 studied TCOLE and its sunset process leading up to the last

It’s time to pack the court with one-spacers.

Ready for the corrections crisis panel with Arnold Ventures’ own Jennifer Doleac #tribfest24

Doin some light #TribFest24-ing on the Corrections Crisis with a good cross section of academics, practitioners, and advocates with lived experiences talking about improving prisons for staff and incarcerated individuals alike. Texas 2036 #txlege

Snagging the beginning of the clearance rate panel at #Tribfest24, and Jennifer Doleac has a banger answer for the question of why rates are so low - data visibility matters. If we’re not measuring & we’re not looking, then no one is gonna do anything about it. Texas 2036 #txlege

My last stop at #Tribfest24 is joining Lauren McGaughy and a slate of advocates talking about the extreme heat in Texas prisons. Texas 2036 #txlege

Something new to me about TDCJ’s adoption of a “heat scoring” system to evaluate and move vulnerable individuals… one panelist whose org represents incarcerated Texans is saying their incarcerated members can’t get evaluated to even get a heat score. #txlege

We’re close to the #tribfest24 finish line! Watching a great conversation w/ @texas2036 ⁦⁦David Leebron⁩ ⁦Manu Meel⁩ ⁦Braver Angels⁩ Karl Scmalz, Janet Coats and ⁦Matt Ewalt⁩ on how to bring people together during polarized times.