Published:
May 28, 2020
As Texas businesses continue to reopen in phases, some public policy experts are looking farther into the future. They want to make sure the Lone Star State is better prepared the next time a major crisis like the coronavirus pandemic occurs.
That’s why they’ve created A Playbook for Resiliency — nine steps they think the state needs to take as it rebuilds in order to make it stronger and more equitable.
Kirk Watson, a former State Senator and the new dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, and Steven Pedigo, director of the LBJ Urban Lab at UT-Austin, put together the plan.