Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future Director Robert Henneke issued the following statement on the Texas Attorney General’s request filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt implementation of the Clean Power Plan pending judicial proceedings on the rule.
Press Release August 21, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson issued the following statement on the rule proposed this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cut methane emissions from oil and natural-gas drilling.
Press Release August 19, 2015Today, the Austin City Council will consider giving city employees a 3 percent across-the-board pay increase at a cost of $18.9 million. This uniform wage increase proposal comes at a time when the city is already facing a difficult fiscal picture that this proposal would only exacerbate.
Press Release August 6, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation has issued the following statements on the news that the San Antonio city council will consider a proposal to increase the minimum wage for all part-time and full-time municipal employees to $13 per hour.
Press Release August 5, 2015Last week, the City of Austin unveiled its proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-16, revealing higher taxes, questionable spending items, and an overall bigger city government. As is, the city’s proposed budget would raise all taxes and fees on the average homeowner by combined $136 annually.
Press Release August 4, 2015Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White, Director of the Center for the American Future Rob Henneke, and TPPF’s Fueling Freedom Project Director Doug Domenech issued the following statements on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) issuance of the Clean Power Plan final rule.
Press Release August 3, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call with open Q&A, featuring its leading energy and environmental policy experts TODAY, Monday, August 3 at 2:00 p.m. CDT on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.
Press Release August 3, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a “Wage Wars: An Interactive Economic Experiment” TODAY, Thursday, July 30, at 3:00 p.m. in the Red McCombs Event Center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The event will be held in honor of Milton Friedman Legacy Day and explores how government-mandated minimum wage salaries affect employers and employees alike.
Press Release July 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn in the Center for Fiscal Policy, and Economist Dr. Travis Roach in the Department of Economics at the University of Central Oklahoma, co-authored the peer-reviewed academic article “An Oil-Producing State’s Ability to Cope after a Regional Free Trade Agreement—The Case of Texas and NAFTA” published in The International Trade Journal. The study examines the potential economic effects of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the state of Texas. Their results suggest that that NAFTA helped Texas’ economy be more resilient to oil price fluctuations and other U.S. economic disruptions.
Press Release July 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed a comment with the U.S. State Department on a proposed revision to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which threatens to outlaw a broad swath of the Internet. The revision would require anyone wishing to discuss technology necessary for the manufacture, operation, or development of a weapon to apply for a license before publishing it online. Failure to do so could result in up to 20 years’ incarceration and a fine of $1 million per violation. The rule would affect discussion on a civilian level, including discussion of engines, boat propellers, microchips, metallurgy, and basic engineering principles.
Press Release July 29, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation, Institute for Justice, and Liberty Institute will host a policy primer titled “Liberty Litigation: Ethical Considerations & Recent Developments in Public Interest Law” TODAY, Tuesday, July 28, at 3:00 p.m. in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release July 28, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation, Institute for Justice, and Liberty Institute will host a policy primer titled “Liberty Litigation: Ethical Considerations & Recent Developments in Public Interest Law” TODAY, Tuesday, July 28, at 3:00 p.m. in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release July 28, 2015