Texas Public Policy Foundation
October 25th, 2015
A place carries a continuity of knowledge and passes it from generation to generation. How the place works, what makes it turn.When there’s disruption in this continuity, learning transpires by costly lessons of what the...
July 28th, 2014
The special Texas House committee appointed by Speaker Joe Straus to scrutinize Gov. Perry’s job-luring pots of money – chiefly the Texas Enterprise Fund – got down to work last Wednesday. In its first hearing, the House...
March 21st, 2014
Victor Leal is a successful Texas restauranteur, community leader, and life-long conservative. His grandparents migrated from Reynosa Mexico to Mercedes, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley in 1913. His maternal grandfather,...
November 20th, 2012
Medicaid currently takes up about a third of Texas' All-Funds budget, and we can expect it to continue growing over the years unless serious reforms are made. According to a 2010 report by Cato Institute Senior Fellow Dr....
May 11th, 2012
America is now governed by an individual whose pathological contempt for the energy sector promises to destroy American economic strength for future generations. President Obama has openly pursued policies that accurately...
September 24th, 2014
Texas Governor Rick Perry will deliver the keynote speech for the Energy and Climate Policy Summit being held Thursday and Friday in Houston. The "At the Crossroads" summit is a unique gathering of experts in the area of...
May 23rd, 2014
Last week in Austin the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) celebrated the groundbreaking on its new headquarters building that will sit at 901 Congress Avenue, a few short blocks (just over 300 yards) from the Texas...
February 21st, 2013
AUSTIN – Ashley Sewell, formerly CEO of Carnivore Media, a boutique online image management firm, is bringing her talent to the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime campaign. Ashley will continue working for...
November 19th, 2012
As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas. This includes our education system where, according to the Comptroller's 2010-2011 FAST report, 60% of the State's general revenue is spent. However, Texas has a big problem...
January 17th, 2012
Featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Dr. Arthur Laffer, Coach Lou Holtz, Dr. Bill Bennett, & Texas AG Greg AbbottWhen you argue/discuss policy with your friends, liberal or conservative, you have...