TODAY: TPPF Crossroads Summit begins with keynotes from Texas Attorney General Paxton, Robert Murray, & special video from  Sen. Ted Cruz

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit TODAY and Friday, November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.

Press Release November 19, 2015

TOMORROW: Sen. Ted Cruz to deliver special video message at Texas Public Policy Foundation Crossroads Summit

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit TOMORROW and Friday, November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.

Press Release November 18, 2015

TPPF statement on the Austin City Council Mobility Committee’s recommended rideshare regulations

The Austin City Council’s Mobility Committee this week recommended new regulations affecting ridesharing companies in the City. The proposed rules would require transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft to put signage or other “trade dress” on their vehicles; submit all vehicles to the same 20-point vehicle inspection required of taxis and limousines; disclose their trip data to the City of Austin; and fingerprint all prospective drivers.

Press Release November 18, 2015

TPPF statement on Texas attorney general intervening in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management et al.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future Director Robert Henneke issued the following statement on the Texas Attorney General’s Office intervening today in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al., which challenges 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 November 18, 2015

TOMORROW: TPPF President on Bill Bennett Show

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s President and CEO Brooke Rollins will be a guest on Bill Bennett’s “Morning in America” tomorrow morning at 7:20 a.m. Central Time. Rollins will join Mr. Bennett to talk discuss the prosecution of Exxon-Mobil, how energy issues affect foreign policy, and TPPF’s At the Crossroads Energy & Climate Policy Summit taking place on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Press Release November 17, 2015

TPPF files lawsuit against Bureau of Land Management challenging seizure of private land along Red River

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed a 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. 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.

Press Release November 17, 2015

THIS MORNING: Media conference call on Red River lawsuit against Bureau of Land Management

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing TODAY, Tuesday, November 17 at 11:00 a.m. CST to discuss the lawsuit on behalf of property owners and their respective county governments collectively suing the federal government in opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) claim that the individual plaintiffs’ private property within Texas along the Red River is federal land. 

Press Release November 17, 2015

THURSDAY: Texas Attorney General Paxton & Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray to keynote opening luncheon at Crossroads Summit

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit on November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.

Press Release November 16, 2015

TOMORROW: Media conference call on Red River lawsuit against Bureau of Land Management

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 17 at 11:00 a.m. CST to discuss the lawsuit on behalf of property owners and their respective county governments collectively suing the federal government in opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) claim that the individual plaintiffs’ private property within Texas along the Red River is federal land. 

Press Release November 16, 2015

NEXT WEEK: TPPF to host “At the Crossroads” Energy and Climate Policy Summit

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit on November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.

Press Release November 13, 2015

TPPF statement on City of Dallas increase in contractor minimum wage requirement

Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following statement on the City of Dallas’s approval this week of a proposal to require city contractors and subcontractors to pay workers a minimum wage of $10.37 per hour, which is a $3.12 increase over the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Press Release November 12, 2015

NEXT WEEK: TPPF to host “At the Crossroads” Energy and Climate Policy Summit

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit on November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.

Press Release November 11, 2015