AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation regrets to report that our Executive Director Arlene Wohlgemuth was involved in a fairly serious motorcycle accident this past Saturday. Fortunately, she is receiving the best of care at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, and she is expected to make a full recovery within the coming...
Press Release February 15, 2015Despite knowledge of a broken school system, results continue to be weak and ineffective
Press Release February 12, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), Texas Association of Business (TAB), and Southern Methodist University Cox’s O’Neill Center for Global Markets and Freedom will host an event featuring Dr. Arthur Laffer, Distinguished University Professor of Economics at Mercer University and CEO of Laffer Associates.
Press Release February 9, 2015World-renowned economist to speak at SMU
Press Release February 6, 2015World-renowned economist to speak at SMU.
Press Release February 4, 2015World-renowned economist to speak at Rice University.
Press Release February 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and its allies in the Conservative Texas Budget Coalition will hold a press conference Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. CST in the Lieutenant Governor’s Press Room at the State Capitol.
Press Release February 2, 2015Endangered Species Legislation is ineffective while hindering economic growth.
Press Release February 2, 2015Texas’ unemployment rate at or below California’s for 101 consecutive months and national average for 96 consecutive months.
Press Release January 28, 2015The Texas Senate recommends a total budget increase of 1.5 percent and $4 billion in tax relief.
Press Release January 28, 2015AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released The Texas Model: 3rd Quarter 2014 Employment Update. The paper, authored by the Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn, highlights labor market trends through the third quarter of 2014 for the top four most populated states and national average, showing that Texas remains the job creation leader because...
Press Release January 23, 2015AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Senior Fellow Mario Loyola on the need to reform government regulation of America’s nuclear industry. The paper, The Need for Nuclear Regulatory Reform, examines interventions by the Department of Energy, which have imposed major losses on the U.S. nuclear industry, creating incentives against...
Press Release January 20, 2015