In last week's Association of American Geographers Newsletter professors Matt Fry (UNT Geography) and Christian Brannstrom (A&M Geography) argue that municipal political geographies are anything but boring. With eyes on Texas, their piece "Preemption and Scalar Politics, from Living Wages to Hydraulic Fracturing" discusses fundamental geographic questions about which level of government should make decisions about hydraulic fracturing in populated areas. The piece provides context for several bills winding their way through the 84th Texas Legislature; all aim to remove municipal regulatory authority in one form or another. To read more about this evolving issue, http://news.aag.org/2015/03/preemption-and-scalar-politics/.