Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation joined with nine national conservative groups in a letter to House leadership to oppose raising the debt ceiling without significant reforms.
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Press Release September 6, 2017On Friday, a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for the State of Texas cited the TPPF Dalton Trucking v. EPA lawsuit as a precedent for its decision.
Press Release August 29, 2017The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s litigation Center for the American Future filed its summary judgment motion to determine that the City of Austin’s short-term rental ordinance violates Plaintiffs’ rights under the Texas Constitution. Supported by evidence collected from the city during the litigation, the’ motion shows how Austin’s ordinance violates residents’ rights under the Texas Constitution to privacy, assembly, equal protection, movement, due course of law, and the right to be secure from unreasonable search and seizures.
Press Release August 29, 2017The Texas Public Policy Foundation released the following statement on the Department of Energy’s new Report on Electricity Markets and Reliability:
Press Release August 24, 2017The Texas Public Policy Foundation released two papers about poverty, one detailing the chronic failure of the Official Poverty Measure to accurately assess poverty, the other examining links between higher economic freedom and lower poverty rates.
Press Release August 24, 2017Today, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released state-level labor market information for July 2017.
Press Release August 18, 2017Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following statement about the conclusion of the first-called special session of the 85th Texas Legislature.
Press Release August 16, 2017Earlier today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 6, the Texas Annexation Right to Vote Act, which substantially reforms the municipal annexation process. Most importantly, the new law requires large cities to obtain consent from those being annexed before taking action.
Press Release August 15, 2017Today, the Texas Public Policy issued the following statement on the sustainability of a 2018-19 Conservative Texas Budget given proposed increased expenditures related to public education.
Press Release August 14, 2017The Texas House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 1, a bill to reform Texas’ local property tax system in some important ways. Specifically, this bill, if enacted, would require certain taxing jurisdictions to lower their rollback tax rates and require an automatic election to ratify any rate adopted above the reduced rollback rate.
Press Release August 12, 2017The Texas Senate passed House Bill 7, which would reform city regulatory authority over tree removal.
Press Release August 11, 2017