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The Texas Public Policy Foundation requests the pleasure of your company at our 2019 Houston Awards Dinner on March 21st at River Oaks Country Club. ...
Texas Taxpayers Pay The French Government For Wind Power And Then Pay The Grid To Take It. The electric saga of the town of Georgetown, Texas, gets curiouser and curiouser.:
At least 57 times in 2017, and many more last year, Georgetown’s residents paid EDF, a company owned 84.5% by the government of France, around 6 cent...
TPPF Applauds Measures to Strengthen Public Information Act:
AUSTIN—Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation commends the filing of SB 943/HB 2189 by Texas Sen. Kirk Watson and Rep. Giovanni Capriglione. The purpo...
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