The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a new research booklet entitled, “A Guide to Understanding Global Temperature Data.” Written by renowned meteorologist, Dr. Roy Warren Spencer, the paper answers basic questions about global temperature data, climate change, and how it relates to energy policy.
Press Release July 18, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) released a paper examining the U.S immigration system in Texas. Authored for TPPF by Katherine Fidler, Ph.D., the paper, The Inefficient U.S. Immigration System: A Texas Perspective, examines the breakdowns within the U.S. immigration system and recommends state-based solutions.
Press Release July 14, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced a special reprint of The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Will Hurt the Poor and Middle Class the Most. The paper, authored by Fueling Freedom Project Director Doug Domenech and originally published in March 2016 in the Capital Research Center’s Green Watch, compiles data from various studies in order to show the devastating impact of the EPA’s rule on both the cost of energy and on jobs.
Press Release July 12, 2016On Friday, Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, made the following statement regarding the letter issued to state agencies by Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Joe Straus. The letter provides instructions for state agencies to prepare their legislative appropriations requests for the 2018-19 budget and require “each agency to trim four percent from their base appropriation levels” and provide budget information by program that will help with conducting zero-based budgeting throughout the legislative process.
Press Release July 5, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today released a paper by Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero explaining the City of Austin’s restrictive regulations on short-term rental (STR) properties.
Press Release June 30, 2016The 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, 2016The 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, 2016Earlier today, the Austin City Council approved increasing the homestead exemption from 6 percent to 8 percent, which should save $23 for the average homeowner with a $250,000 house. Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero issued the following statement on the action:
Press Release June 29, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero is available to discuss the ridesharing regulations approved yesterday by the Fort Worth City Council. The new regulations will impose a much lighter regulatory burden on transportation network companies and instead favor a more free-market approach.
Press Release June 29, 2016The 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, 2016The 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, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Pete Hegseth on his book, In the Arena, on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release June 24, 2016