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Texas’ Wind Lobby Spins an Epic Tale

Texas' Wind Lobby Spins an Epic Tale

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: TPPF experts available to discuss Texas’ competitive electricity market and the proposed “capacity” market

TPPF statement on the UT System launch of the seekUT website

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Vice President for Policy Chuck DeVore authors an article in yesterday’s Investor’s Business Daily titled “Congress Must Curb The ‘Soft Tyranny’ Of Bureaucrats.” DeVore writes: “On January 28, America will hear the president deliver his annual State of the Union address to Congress. The president will, no doubt, call for a...

New Foundation paper questions PUC’s rationale and authority

ICYMI: TPPF’s Chuck DeVore in Investor’s Business Daily

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White, Senior Fellow-in-Residence and the Director for the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment, will testify before the United States Senate Environmental Protection Committee on Thursday, January 16th  at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time on the President’s Climate Action Plan. “The Climate Action Plan that the...

TPPF’s Kathleen Hartnett White to testify before the United States Senate Environmental Protection Committee

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for Local Governance, James Quintero, will speak at an Empower Texans touring panel titled “Life, Liberty & Property,” on January 15th in Dallas, and January 16th in Fort Worth. He will discuss Texas local-government taxes, spending, and debt. “When it comes to achieving prosperity, we know...

TPPF’s James Quintero to speak at Life

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation's 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature begins today with a variety of panels and keynote speakers including Senator Ted Cruz, The Honorable Rick Santorum, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. The Policy Orientation event takes place January 8-10, 2014 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at...

Projected 2014 State Job Creation Leader: Texas

Projected 2014 State Job Creation Leader: Texas

TPPF’s 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature begins today

If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

Making a Comeback for Kids: New Report Shows Increased Reduction in Youth Incarceration Nationwide

AUSTIN – Yesterday, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis released the “State Personal Income: Third Quarter” report, revealing that the average personal income of Americans increased by 1.05 percent to $14.18 trillion in the third quarter of 2013, which is slightly lower than the 1.17 percent rate in the second quarter. “Texas saw a 1.34...

Texas ranks 3rd in 2013 Q3 Personal Income Growth

AUSTIN –  Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement today on Texas’ November  2013 employment report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest state employment report and Texas once again proves it’s America’s economic engine.”    [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”12725″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”801″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”1205″}}]] “According to the report, Texas’ economy...