The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance will host a policy panel entitled, “Economic Development: On the Backs of Taxpayers or by their Bootstraps?” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9, at 9:45 a.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.
Press Release December 9, 2013The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Local Governance will host a policy panel entitled, "Economic Development: On the Backs of Taxpayers or by their Bootstraps?" at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9, at 9:45 a.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.
Press Release December 9, 2013AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule: What American Lung Association v. EME Homer City Generation Means for Texas. This report discusses a case that will be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 2013, to determine the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). “If implemented, CSAPR could lead to a 20 percent increase in electric rates and also cost Texas jobs,” said Josiah Neeley, Policy Analyst for TPPF’s Armstrong Center for Energy and Environment. “Over the past five years, EPA has issued an avalanche of new regulations that do little but hinder growth and prosperity. Texas has challenged more than a dozen of these rules, but this is the first to reach the Supreme Court." For a copy of the full report please visit http://bit.ly/1cdkc4j.
Press Release December 5, 2013AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for Higher Education, Dr. Thomas Lindsay, today released the report (Not) Cheaper by the Dozen: 12 Myths About Higher Education’s Cost and Value. The report identifies and corrects major popular misconceptions about higher education in America, as a necessary precondition to developing effective policy solutions. “There...
Press Release December 4, 2013AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule: What American Lung Association v. EME Homer City Generation Means for Texas. This report discusses a case that will be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 2013, to determine the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Cross-State...
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The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice will host the policy panel “Getting Rid of Unnecessary Criminal Laws” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 8 at 3:25 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel in the Capitol View Terrace North.
Press Release November 25, 2013AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice will host the policy panel “Getting Rid of Unnecessary Criminal Laws” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 8 at 3:25 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel in the Capitol View Terrace North. “There are over 1,700 criminal...
Press Release November 25, 2013The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Dr. Thomas Lindsay, Director of the Center for Higher Education, authored pieces in the Houston Chronicle and the Daily Caller on the possible impeachment of University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall.
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