Ending Fund 6 Diversions is Good, But Halting Education Diversions is Better
Ending Fund 6 Diversions is Good, But Halting Education Diversions is Better
Press Release May 15, 2014TPPF statement on impeachment vote
AUSTIN – Dr. Thomas Lindsay, Director of the Center for Higher Education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement on today's 7-1 vote of the Texas House Special Committee on Transparency to recommend impeachment of University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall: "Today’s vote by the House Special Committee on Transparency — which conducted its...
Press Release May 12, 2014TPPF releases The Mumford Model: Better School Districts Through Efficiency
AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released The Mumford Model: Better School Districts Through Efficiency. Authored by Jess Fields, a Senior Policy Analyst with the Center for Local Governance, this report discusses the Mumford Independent School District’s success in becoming more efficient, having less debt, and ultimately producing better educated children. “The ‘Mumford Model’ as...
Press Release May 5, 2014Wall Street Journal Highlights the Texas Miracle
Wall Street Journal Highlights the Texas Miracle
Press Release April 30, 2014TPPF releases Enemy of the People: How Government Barriers to Competition Hurt the Public and Subvert the Constitution
AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released Enemy of the People: How Big Government Barriers to Competition Hurt the Public and Subvert the Constitution. This report, authored by Mario Loyola, Senior Fellow at TPPF, argues that since the Great Depression, government’s protection of favored business interests to the disadvantage of others has created a cartel...
Press Release April 29, 2014TODAY: TPPF hosts criminal justice Policy Primer event and releases new study on how technological advances can improve community supervision
Current plans rely heavily on interbasin transfers to meet Texas’ growing water demand. But regulatory restrictions may keep those projects from being completed. That needs to change. “
Press Release April 29, 2014TPPF releases Interbasin Transfers: A Water Solution for Texas
AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released the Policy Perspective Interbasin Transfers: A Water Solution for Texas. Authored by Josiah Neeley, TPPF’s Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment policy analyst, this report reviews Texas’ interbasin water transfers and the laws inhibiting the practice. “Texas’ prior appropriation system for water operates under the principle of...
Press Release April 29, 2014TPPF hosts Policy Primer event…
TPPF hosts Policy Primer event Cutting Edge Corrections: Leveraging Technological and Medical Advances to Reduce Crime
Press Release April 25, 2014TPPF’s Marc Levin to testify before Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee
AUSTIN – Marc Levin, Director of the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, will testify before the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on Monday, April 28, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Room E2.010 of the Texas State Capitol. The Committee will meet to study the potential issues involving civil...
Press Release April 24, 2014TPPF hosts book signing and lecture for The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America””
Richard Fisher’s presentation at Texas at a Turning Point, an event held by TPPF on April 16, 2014. “
Press Release April 22, 2014Debt-laden Arlington ISD Set to…
Debt-laden Arlington ISD Set to Ask Voters to Approve Even More Debt
Press Release April 21, 2014TODAY: TPPF’s Marc Levin to…
TODAY: TPPF’s Marc Levin to participate in “smart justice” panel for “Texas State of Mind Conference and Launch Event”
Press Release April 16, 2014