Below is a list of books the Library has received during the past two months.

Week of Monday, Oct 07 2024

A communications playbook for public officials : how to effectively manage the message, the media, and yourself / Robert R. Johnson Jr. & Michael R. Fraser, PHD, MS.
Arlington, VA : Association of State and Territorial Health Offficials, [2022] Publication info: Ã2022
659.202 J66 2022
Received: 10/10/2024
Public relations.
Mass media.
Handbooks and manuals.

Politics under the radar : from LBJ to George W. Bush / told by Robert D. Spellings ; written by Monte Akers.
Austin, TX : Monte Akers & Robert D. Spellings, 2024.
976.4 SP743P 2024
Received: 10/8/2024
Sharpstown Scandal, Tex. 1971-1972.
Political corruption--Texas.

Governor Greg Abbott press releases legislation.
Austin, TX : The Governor, [2015-
G648.1 P926L
Received: 10/7/2024
Governors--Texas--Powers and duties.

Week of Monday, Sep 30 2024

Discover El Paso / photography by Heriberto Ibarra ; narrative by Maggie Asfahani.
San Antonio, Texas : HPNbooks, a division of Lammert Incorporated, [2015]
976.4 IB12D 2015
Received: 10/3/2024

The Texas Landscape Project : nature and people / David Todd and Jonathan Ogren ; with assistance from Clare Crosby, Matt Fougerat, Johanna Arendt, and Brad Peter ; foreword by Andrew Sansom.
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2016.
333.709764 T668L 2016
Received: 10/3/2024
Conservation projects (Natural resources)--Texas.
Natural resources management areas--Texas.
Natural resources management areas--Texas--Maps.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Texas.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Texas--Maps.
Human ecology--Texas.
Human ecology--Texas--Maps.
Biodiversity conservation--Texas--Sources.
Ecology--Texas--Sources.
Ecology--Texas.
Projets de conservation (Ressources naturelles) (CaQQLa)201-0279217--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Zones de gestion des ressources naturelles (CaQQLa)201-0352238--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
ãEtres humains (CaQQLa)201-0022611--Influence sur la nature (CaQQLa)201-0022611--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
âEcologie humaine (CaQQLa)201-0014282--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Biodiversitâe (CaQQLa)201-0179156--Conservation (CaQQLa)201-0179156--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Sources. (CaQQLa)201-0378222
NATURE--Environmental Conservation & Protection. bisacsh
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography. bisacsh
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Reference. bisacsh
Biodiversity conservation fast (OCoLC)fst01429861
Conservation projects (Natural resources) fast (OCoLC)fst00875571
Ecology fast (OCoLC)fst00901476
Human ecology fast (OCoLC)fst00962941
Natural resources management areas fast (OCoLC)fst01034513
Nature--Effect of human beings on fast (OCoLC)fst01034564
Humanèokologie gnd (DE-588)4026152-9

The new map : energy, climate, and the clash of nations / Daniel Yergin.
New York : Penguin Press, 2020.
333.79 Y47N 2020
Received: 10/3/2024
Energy policy.
Renewable energy sources.
Fossil fuels.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Geopolitics--Economic aspects.
Politique âenergâetique. (CaQQLa)201-0010458
âEnergies renouvelables. (CaQQLa)201-0018247
Combustibles fossiles. (CaQQLa)201-0008535
Climat (CaQQLa)201-0021131--Changements (CaQQLa)201-0021131--Aspect âeconomique. (CaQQLa)201-0374333
Gâeopolitique (CaQQLa)201-0005564--Aspect âeconomique. (CaQQLa)201-0374333
fossil fuel. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300015148
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy. bisacsh
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Investments & Securities / Commodities / Energy. bisacsh
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics. bisacsh
Climatic changes--Economic aspects fast (OCoLC)fst00864236
Energy policy fast (OCoLC)fst00910200
Fossil fuels fast (OCoLC)fst00933141
Renewable energy sources fast (OCoLC)fst01094570

The fall of Roe : the rise of a new America / Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer.
New York : Flatiron Books, 2024.
342.7308 D541 2024
Received: 10/2/2024
Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.
Pro-life movement--United States.
Abortion--United States--Religious aspects.
Reproductive rights--United States.
Abortion--Law and legislation. fast https://id.worldcat.org/fast/794598
Abortion--Law and legislation. sears
Pro-life movement. sears
Abortion--Ethical aspects. sears
Abortion--Religious aspects. sears

Menudo at midnight : A San Antonio New Year's tradition / Mary Jane Torres-Lewis & Sally Smith.
[Coppell, TX] : Amazon Publishing Pros, [2023] Publication info: Ã2023
YOUNG TEXANS
Received: 10/2/2024
Holidays--Texas--San Antonio--Juvenile fiction.
Food--Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American families--Juvenile literature.

The privateers : how billionaires created a culture war and sold school vouchers / Josh Cowen.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2024]
379.1 C874 2024
Received: 10/2/2024
Privatization in education--United States.
Educational vouchers--United States.
Education and state--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Privatisation en âeducation (CaQQLa)201-0288998--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Bons scolaires (CaQQLa)201-0068745--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
âEducation (CaQQLa)201-0010027--Politique gouvernementale (CaQQLa)201-0010027--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Dâemocratisation de l'enseignement (CaQQLa)201-0014742--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727

The lynching of Mexicans in the Texas borderlands / Nicholas Villanueva, Jr.
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2018]
323.1168 V718 2018
Received: 10/2/2024
Mexican Americans--Violence against--Texas--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Civil rights--Texas--History--20th century.
Lynching--Texas--History--20th century.
Ethnic conflict--Texas--History--20th century.
Amâericains d'origine mexicaine (CaQQLa)201-0019627--Violence envers (CaQQLa)000288502--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0378892--20e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0378892
Amâericains d'origine mexicaine (CaQQLa)201-0056887--Droits (CaQQLa)201-0056887--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0378892--20e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0378892
Lynchage (CaQQLa)201-0032081--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0378892--20e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0378892
Conflits ethniques (CaQQLa)201-0352002--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0378892--20e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0378892
Ethnic conflict. fast (OCoLC)fst00915943
Ethnic relations. fast (OCoLC)fst00916005
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) fast (OCoLC)fst00972484
Lynching. fast (OCoLC)fst01004334
Mexican Americans--Civil rights. fast (OCoLC)fst01019081

Discredited : power, privilege, and community college transfer / Lauren Schudde, Huriya Jabbar.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2024]
378.1 SCH384D 2024
Received: 10/1/2024
Educational mobility--United States.
Community colleges--United States.
Students, Transfer of--United States.
Education, Higher--United States--Sociological aspects.
Mobilitâe âeducationnelle (CaQQLa)000261093--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Colláeges communautaires (CaQQLa)201-0066302--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727

Essentials of Texas water resources / Mary K. Sahs and Holly Heinrich, editors.
Austin, TX : State Bar of Texas, [2024]
B600.8 ES74 2024
Received: 10/1/2024
Water--Law and legislation--Texas.
Groundwater--Law and legislation--Texas.
Water rights--Texas.
Water resources development--Law and legislation--Texas.
Watershed management--Law and legislation--Texas.

Week of Monday, Sep 23 2024

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, Windham School District, Board of Pardons and Paroles : Sunset staff report.
Austin, TX : Sunset Advisory Commission, [2024]
S1500.8 C868PA 2024
Received: 9/26/2024
Sunset reviews of government programs--Texas.

Digitally invisible : how the Internet is creating the new underclass / Nicol Turner Lee.
Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
303.48 T954 2024
Received: 9/23/2024
Digital divide--United States.
Fossâe numâerique (CaQQLa)201-0352744--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Digital divide fast (OCoLC)fst00893667

Week of Monday, Sep 16 2024

Civil rights in the Texas borderlands : Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and Black activism / Will Guzmâan.
Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
323.4 G993 2016
Received: 9/19/2024
African Americans--Texas--El Paso--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--Texas--El Paso--History.
African Americans--Segregation--Texas--El Paso--History.
African Americans--Suffrage--Texas.
African American physicians--Texas--El Paso--Biography.
Noirs amâericains (CaQQLa)201-0068453--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0470711--El Paso (CaQQLa)201-0470711--Biographies. (CaQQLa)201-0378258
Noirs amâericains (CaQQLa)201-0024392--Droits (CaQQLa)201-0024392--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0470711--El Paso (CaQQLa)201-0470711--Histoire. (CaQQLa)201-0378888
Noirs amâericains (CaQQLa)201-0077956--Sâegrâegation (CaQQLa)201-0077956--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0470711--El Paso (CaQQLa)201-0470711--Histoire. (CaQQLa)201-0378888
Noirs amâericains (CaQQLa)201-0056890--Suffrage (CaQQLa)201-0056890--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Mâedecins noirs amâericains (CaQQLa)201-0352977--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0470711--El Paso (CaQQLa)201-0470711--Biographies. (CaQQLa)201-0378258
African American physicians. fast (OCoLC)fst00799299
African Americans. fast (OCoLC)fst00799558
African Americans--Civil rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00799575
African Americans--Segregation. fast (OCoLC)fst00799695
African Americans--Suffrage. fast (OCoLC)fst00799713

Structural shifts in the global economy : a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City : Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Aug. 24-26, 2023.
[Kansas City, Missouri] : Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, [2023]
337.1 ST89 2023
Received: 9/19/2024
Globalization--Economic aspects--Congresses.
International economic relations--Congresses.
Economic policy--Congresses.
Monetary policy--Congresses.
International finance--Congresses.
Macroeconomics--Congresses.
Mondialisation (CaQQLa)201-0307412--Congráes. (CaQQLa)201-0378219
Politique âeconomique (CaQQLa)201-0029074--Congráes. (CaQQLa)201-0378219
Politique monâetaire (CaQQLa)201-0064889--Congráes. (CaQQLa)201-0378219
Macroâeconomie (CaQQLa)201-0010771--Congráes. (CaQQLa)201-0378219

Public health preparedness : case studies in policy and management / edited by Arnold M. Howitt, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, David W. Giles.
Washington, DC : APHA Press, an imprint of American Public Health Association, [2017]
362.1068 H863 2017
Received: 9/16/2024
Disasters--Health aspects.
Emergency medical services.
Emergency management.
Public health administration.
Terrorism.
Civil defense.
Epidemics.
Pandemics.
Disaster Planning--organization & administration (DNLM)D004189Q000458
Public Health Administration (DNLM)D011635
Terrorism (DNLM)D023481
Civil Defense (DNLM)D002959
Disease Outbreaks (DNLM)D004196
Organizational Case Studies (DNLM)D019982
Emergency Medical Services (DNLM)D004632
Epidemics (DNLM)D058872
Pandemics (DNLM)D058873
Services des urgences mâedicales. (CaQQLa)201-0049871
Santâe publique--Administration. (CaQQLa)201-0068318
Terrorisme. (CaQQLa)201-0016819
Protection civile. (CaQQLa)201-0004245
Pandâemies. (CaQQLa)000268031
âEpidâemies. (CaQQLa)201-0013309
emergency medical centers. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300006730
terrorism. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300055313
epidemics. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300410504
pandemics. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300410505
Terrorism fast (OCoLC)fst01148101
Public health administration fast (OCoLC)fst01082334
Epidemics fast (OCoLC)fst00914079
Civil defense fast (OCoLC)fst00862456
Disasters--Health aspects fast (OCoLC)fst00894787
Emergency management fast (OCoLC)fst00908500
Emergency medical services fast (OCoLC)fst00908554

Week of Monday, Sep 09 2024

Turtle on a post / by Carl Parker as told to Jim Sanderson.
Beaumont, TX : Lamar University Literary Press, 2024.
328.764 P238T 2024
Received: 9/10/2024
Legislators--Texas--Biography.

Week of Monday, Sep 02 2024

Rider 51 : driver license services efficiencies and effectiveness study / prepared for the Texas Department of Public Safety at the direction of the Texas Legislature ; prepared by the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Transportation Research, LBJ School.
Austin, TX : Texas LBJ School, 2024
Z UA320.8 R544D 2024
Received: 9/5/2024
Drivers' licenses--Texas.
Customer satisfaction--Texas.
Customer services--Texas.

Week of Monday, Aug 26 2024

That librarian : the fight against book banning in America / Amanda Jones.
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2024]
303 J76T 2024
Received: 8/30/2024
Challenged books--United States.
Prohibited books--United States.
Censorship--United States.
Livres contestâes (CaQQLa)201-0389709--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Livres prohibâes (CaQQLa)201-0096865--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727

No democracy lasts forever : how the Constitution threatens the United States / Erwin Chemerinsky.
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
973.93 C517N 2024
Received: 8/30/2024
Democracy--United States.
Constitutional conventions--United States.

Conservation easements : a guide for Texas landowners / Texas Land Trust Council.
Austin, TX : Texas Land Trust Council., c2018.
P400.5 C765 2018
Received: 8/28/2024
Conservation easements--Texas.

Mexican American civil rights in Texas / edited by Robert Brischetto and J. Richard Avena.
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
323.1168 B859 2021
Received: 8/28/2024
Mexican Americans--Civil rights--Texas.
Mexican Americans--Texas--Social conditions.
Race discrimination--Texas.
Social change--Texas.
Amâericains d'origine mexicaine (CaQQLa)201-0056887--Droits (CaQQLa)201-0056887--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Amâericains d'origine mexicaine (CaQQLa)201-0362090--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0362090--Conditions sociales. (CaQQLa)201-0377410
Discrimination raciale (CaQQLa)201-0027147--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Mexican Americans--Civil rights. fast (OCoLC)fst01019081
Mexican Americans--Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst01019150
Race discrimination. fast (OCoLC)fst01086465
Race relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01086509
Social change. fast (OCoLC)fst01122310

Texas transportation funding : for fiscal years 2022-2023 / Texas Department of Transportation.
Austin, Tex. : Texas Dept. of Transportation [2021]
T1320.8 T355 2021
Received: 8/27/2024
Transportation and state--Texas.
Transportation--Texas--Finance.

Week of Monday, Aug 12 2024

State supervision of municipal finance.
Austin, Institute of Public Affairs, University of Texas, 1953.
Z UA300.7 P96 12
Received: 8/16/2024
Municipal finance--Texas.
Finances municipales. (CaQQLa)201-0003349
Municipal finance. fast (OCoLC)fst01029264

Parole in Texas : answers to common questions.
Austin, Tex. : Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles : Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, Parole Division, 2019.
C4837.8 P244Q 2019
Received: 8/16/2024
Parole--Texas.

Employees Retirement System of Texas 10/23/2014 response to the House Committee on State Affairs' 9/26/2014 request.
Austin, Tex. : Employees Retirement System of Texas, 2014.
E1900.8 R434R 2014
Received: 8/16/2024
Government employees' health insurance--Texas.
Employee fringe benefits--Texas.

Local tax limitations can hamper fiscal stability of cities and counties : 3 ways states can help localities improve budget flexibility and resiliency.
Philadelphia, PA : Pew Charitable Trusts, July 2021
336 L811 2021
Received: 8/16/2024
Local taxation--United States.
Finance, Public--United States--States.
Epidemics--United States--States.

Tools for sustainable state budgeting : long-term budget assessments and stress tests promote fiscal resilience.
Philadelphia, PA : Pew Charitable Trusts, November 2023
336 T671 2023
Received: 8/16/2024
Budget--United States--States.
Finance, Public--United States--States.

How states pay for natural disasters in an era of rising costs : a nationwide assessment of budgeting strategies and practices / Anne Stauffer [and seven others]
[place of publication not identified] : Pew Charitable Trusts, 2020
361.5 H847 2020
Received: 8/16/2024
Natural Disasters. (NETC)3647 netc
State Budgets. (NETC)10616 netc
Budgeting. (NETC)3917 netc

Wildfires : burning through state budgets / Pew.
[Washington, DC] : The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2022.
363.37 W673 2022
Received: 8/16/2024
Wildfires. (NETC)37939 netc
Wildland Fire Suppression. (NETC)4799 netc
Wildland Management. (NETC)9084 netc
State Budgets. (NETC)10616 netc

Are sin taxes healthy for state budgets?
Philadelphia, PA : Pew Charitable Trusts, July 2018
330 AR687 2018
Received: 8/16/2024
Alcoholic beverages--Taxation.
Cigarette tax.
Tobacco--Taxation.
Marijuana--Taxation.

Pandemic aid: how states safeguarded against future budget challenges.
Philadelphia, PA : Pew Charitable Trusts, December 2023.
614.518 P189 2023
Received: 8/16/2024
Budget--United States--States.
Stabilization funds--United States--States.
Finance, Public--United States--States.
Epidemics--United States--States.

My favorite mistakes : lessons I've learned through accountability! / by deAndrae.
Houston TX : Divine House Books, c2024.
371.9 H667M 2024
Received: 8/15/2024
Children with disabilities--Education--United States.
Special education--United States.

Cumulative subject index AG opinions 1990-present : fire fighters.
Austin, TX : Office of the Attorney General, [2012]
A2400.7 OP3IF 2012
Received: 8/15/2024
Fire fighters--Legal status, laws, etc.--Texas.
Attorneys general's opinions--Texas--Indexes.

Executive summary : effectiveness and efficiency reports / Legislative Budget Board staff.
Austin, Texas : Legislative Budget Board, [2011]
L1300.8 EX31SU 2011
Received: 8/15/2024
Budget--Texas.
Revenue--Texas.
Fiscal policy--Texas.
Taxation--Texas.

Pre-session legislative conference : November 27 - 29, 2000.
[Austin, TX : The Council, 2000]
L1800.1 P926 2000
Received: 8/15/2024
Legislation--Texas--Congresses.

Pre-session legislative conference : December 3-5, 1986.
[Austin, TX : The Legislature, 1986]
L1800.1 P926 1986
Received: 8/15/2024
Legislation--Texas--Congresses.

Pre-session legislative conference : November 28-30, 1984.
[Austin, TX : The Legislature, 1984]
L1800.1 P926 1984
Received: 8/15/2024
Legislation--Texas--Congresses.

Pre-session legislative conference : December 1-3, 1982.
[Austin, TX : The Legislature, 1982]
L1800.1 P926 1982
Received: 8/15/2024
Legislation--Texas--Congresses.

Pre-session legislative conference : November 28-December 1, 1980.
[Austin, TX : The Legislature, 1980]
L1800.1 P926 1980
Received: 8/15/2024
Legislation--Texas--Congresses.