TPPF releases paper on academic benefits of education freedom

The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper today authored by Vice President for National Initiatives Chuck DeVore on the benefits of education freedom. This paper, entitled Competition: For the Children, finds that policies enabling school choice raise the academic standing and graduation rates of students who remain in public schools, as well as those who choose other options, in addition to creating various economic benefits:

Press Release June 30, 2016

District court order allows TPPF Red River lawsuit against Bureau of Land Management to proceed

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) issued the following statement from the Honorable Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of TPPF’s Center for the American Future, on the federal district court’s order denying the majority of federal government’s dismissal motion against Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al. The court upheld six of the eight causes of action, allowing the case to be litigated on the merits. TPPF’s Center for the American Future is representing individual property owners, the counties of Wichita, Clay, and Wilbarger, and the Clay County Sheriff in the lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) unconstitutional and arbitrary seizure of thousands of acres of private property along the Red River in Texas.

Press Release June 29, 2016

Coalition releases the conservative Texas budget

The Texas Public Policy Foundation along with the 12 additional member organizations of the Conservative Texas Budget Coalition today released The Conservative Texas Budget. The report’s authors, Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at TPPF, and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn use a calculated state spending growth limit based on population growth plus inflation of 4.5 percent over the previous two fiscal years (FY 2015 & 2016) to set spending limits of $147.5 billion in state funds and $218.5 billion in all funds.

Press Release June 28, 2016

Press conference on release of the Conservative Texas Budget

The Texas Public Policy Foundation along with the 12 other member organizations of the Conservative Texas Budget Coalition will hold a press conference on the release of The Conservative Texas Budget, Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 11:00 am at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The Conservative Texas Budget, authored by Foundation’s Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy, and Dr. Vance Ginn, Economist, highlights state spending limits on the 2018-19 budget.

Press Release June 27, 2016

TPPF statement on Texas lawmakers’ amicus brief in plastic bag ban case

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero issued the following statement on the amicus curiae brief filed earlier this week by three Texas State Senators and 17 Texas State Representatives in support of the Laredo Merchants Association’s legal challenge to the City of Laredo’s plastic bag ban. The Brief, filed in the 4th Court of Appeals, argues that current state law “preempts and invalidates” this type of plastic bag prohibition.

Press Release June 23, 2016

TPPF statement on federal court ruling to strike down restrictive fracking rules

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kathleen Hartnett White, distinguished senior fellow-in-residence and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, and Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of the Center for the American Future today issued the following statements in reaction to a Wyoming federal judge’s decision to block an Interior Department rule that would have set stricter standards for hydraulic fracturing on public lands.

Press Release June 23, 2016

TPPF’s Kathleen Hartnett White to discuss new book: Fueling Freedom

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White and co-author Stephen Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, will discuss their new book, Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy (Regnery Publishing), on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 5:00 PM CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in downtown Austin.

Press Release June 20, 2016

Media availability at client property in short-term rental ordinance lawsuit

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media availability at the property of Ahmed Zaatari, a plaintiff in Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al. The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a lawsuit Friday to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental (STR) ordinance restricting property owners and guests. TPPF’s Center for the American Future, aided by the Center for Local Governance, represents individual property owners and entrepreneurs in the lawsuit, Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al., which seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from the unconstitutional city ordinance.

Press Release June 20, 2016
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