The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for the American Future, Robert Henneke, submitted comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on FWS and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s proposed changes to the regulations governing how parties file petitions under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.
Press Release September 18, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Fueling Freedom Project Director Doug Domenech issued the following statement on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s decision to support Environmental Protection Agency’s flawed Clean Power Plan. TPPF joined a coalition, along with 32 other groups, stating, “the best approach is for states to reject state plans until the courts decide whether Obama even has the authority to impose his national energy takeover.”
Press Release September 16, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a policy primer titled “The Right Prescription for Mental Health in Criminal Justice” TODAY, September 16, at 11:30 a.m. in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release September 16, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and The Heritage Foundation will host an event, How Climate Policy Hurts the Poor, on Monday, September 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm EDT at The Heritage Foundation’s Lehrman Auditorium. The panel will discuss the particular impact of the high cost of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) on the poor.
Press Release September 15, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice today released a paper by Center Deputy Director Derek Cohen on the need to reform the practice of civil asset forfeiture. The paper, Without Due Process of Law: The Case for Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform, enumerates reforms states may implement to ensure criminals are held accountable for breaking the law while protecting the property rights of innocents.
Press Release September 15, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom today released a paper by Center Director Bill Peacock and Research Associate Samuel Barr on the economic effects of occupational licensing laws. The paper, The Realities of Occupational Licensing, shows that licensing acts as a form of protectionism for those in licensed professions by restricting access to jobs and stifling job creation.
Press Release September 15, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a policy primer titled “The Right Prescription for Mental Health in Criminal Justice” on Wednesday, September 16, at 11:30 a.m. in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release September 14, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White and Fueling Freedom Project Director Doug Domenech issued the following statements on Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Chairman Dr. Bryan Shaw’s testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Environment Subcommittee hearing on State Perspectives: How EPA’s Power Plan Will Shut Down Power Plants.
Press Release September 11, 2015Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Power voted to end the forty-year ban on exporting oil to foreign countries. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment Director Kathleen Hartnett White and Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statements.
Press Release September 10, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation Vice President of Research and Director of the Center for Economic Freedom Bill Peacock issued the following statement on the Texas Racing Commission’s administrative funding.
Press Release September 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for the American Future, Robert Henneke, issued the following statement on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas ruling reversing the listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Press Release September 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy today published a joint op-ed highlighting the results of a comprehensive study examining the opportunity for Texas ISDs to realize efficiency gains through the use of competitive contracting. As evidenced by Michigan’s experience, competitive contracting offers Texas ISDs a lot of upside potential.
Press Release September 2, 2015