Conflicted or Corrupt? Texas Railroad Commissioners ‘Self-Police’ Their Self-Interests

Conflicted or Corrupt? Texas Railroad Commissioners ‘Self-Police’ Their Self-Interests: A new study finds Texas Railroad Commissioners took tens of thousands of dollars from energy interests with cases pending before their agency in recent years, contradicting Texas Sunset Commission testimony in 2012 that claimed that the commissioners “self-police” themselves against such conflicts. Are their actions unethical or do they reach the level of corruption?