Coalition Releases Guiding Principles for Local Debt Transparency, Accountability & Election Reforms

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation and a coalition of allies called on local elected officials to voluntarily adopt much-need guiding principles to advance and enhance local debt transparency, accountability, and election reform. The coalition is made up of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Public Policy Action, Empower Texans, Grassroots America: We the People,...

Press Release September 22, 2014

TPPF releases “Growing the Economy without Growing Government: Eliminating Taxpayer-Funded Corporate Subsidies”

AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released Growing the Economy without Growing Government: Eliminating Taxpayer-funded Corporate Subsidies.  The paper, written by Vice President for Research & Planning and Center for Economic Freedom Director Bill Peacock, shows that the rapid growth of the Texas economy is due to free market policies, not government-run economic development...

Press Release September 19, 2014

TPPF Announces Governor Perry to Deliver Keynote Remarks for At the Crossroads: Energy and Climate Policy Summit

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced that Governor Rick Perry will deliver the keynote remarks for “At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit” on Thursday, September 25, 2014. The Summit, a world-class gathering of the most prominent scholars on energy and climate change, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Houston...

Press Release September 19, 2014

MONDAY: Media Conference Call on Appeal to Local Government for Transparency & Fair Elections

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a media conference-call briefing Monday, September 22, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss the coalition of allies’ call on local elected officials to voluntarily adopt guiding principles to advance and enhance local debt transparency, accountability, and election reform. The conservative coalition consists of the Texas Public Policy...

Press Release September 19, 2014

TPPF hosts “At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit” Featuring Gov. Rick Perry

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host “At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit,” on September 25-26, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston. This summit will bring together the brightest and most eminent minds on energy and climate change to discuss the path forward from the crossroads between the transformative energy revolution...

Press Release September 19, 2014

TPPF releases “Avoiding Government Regulation: Why Parental School Choice Is Possible Without Destructive Control of Private Schools”

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released Avoiding Government Regulation: Why Parental School Choice Is Possible Without Destructive Control of Private Schools. The paper, written by Senior Fellow Allan Parker, Jr., examines the legal impact of school choice on government authority to regulate private schools.  “Neither vouchers nor tax credits give the government any...

Press Release September 19, 2014

TPPF assists Texas town in creating innovative city clean-up effort

AUSTIN – Yesterday, the Marlin, Texas, City Council unanimously passed an ordinance creating the Marlin Community Initiative, a program crafted with the help of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance and Center for Effective Justice. The Marlin Community Initiative is an innovative effort to save taxpayer money by allowing a mix of...

Press Release September 12, 2014

TPPF Endorses Call for Article V Convention of States

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today endorsed the Citizens for Self Governance call to an Article V Convention of States. The Convention of States would amend the Constitution for the purpose of limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.        “The process of having a national conversation about the constitutional promises...

Press Release September 12, 2014

TOMORROW: TPPF hosts “Securing the Border: A Symposium on Solutions”

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host “Securing the Border: A Symposium on Solution” tomorrow, September 4, 2014, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Texas State Capitol Legislative Conference Center located in room E2.002. There is consensus that the modern American immigration system works poorly, and nearly half a century after...

Press Release September 3, 2014

TPPF releases “Teachers Win: A Case for School Choice”

AUSTIN -- Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. and Policy Analyst Michael Barba explaining the relationship between a competitive school market and increases in teacher pay and job satisfaction.

Press Release September 3, 2014

TPPF releases “Combating the ‘Other’ Inflation: Arresting the Cancer of College Grade Inflation”

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s director of the Center for Higher Education, Dr. Thomas Lindsay, today released the report Combating the “Other” Inflation: Arresting the Cancer of College Grade Inflation.    

Press Release August 27, 2014

TPPF releases “Combating the ‘Other’ Inflation: Arresting the Cancer of College Grade Inflation”

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s director of the Center for Higher Education, Dr. Thomas Lindsay, today released the report Combating the “Other” Inflation: Arresting the Cancer of College Grade Inflation.  The report discusses how grade inflation has debased academic standards and explains the need for transcript transparency to restore sound grading standards to...

Press Release August 27, 2014