The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Pete Hegseth on his book, In the Arena, on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release June 24, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero issued the following statement on the amicus curiae brief filed earlier this week by three Texas State Senators and 17 Texas State Representatives in support of the Laredo Merchants Association’s legal challenge to the City of Laredo’s plastic bag ban. The Brief, filed in the 4th Court of Appeals, argues that current state law “preempts and invalidates” this type of plastic bag prohibition.
Press Release June 23, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kathleen Hartnett White, distinguished senior fellow-in-residence and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, and Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of the Center for the American Future today issued the following statements in reaction to a Wyoming federal judge’s decision to block an Interior Department rule that would have set stricter standards for hydraulic fracturing on public lands.
Press Release June 23, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Fueling Freedom Project rolled out its first mobile app to allow iPhone and Android users to follow up-to-the-minute developments in climate and energy policy. The app brings nine specific portals to mobile users, including feeds for global satellite temperature reports, climate policy news, and relevant social media links, among others.
Press Release June 22, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White and co-author Stephen Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, will discuss their new book, Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy (Regnery Publishing), on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 5:00 PM CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in downtown Austin.
Press Release June 20, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media availability at the property of Ahmed Zaatari, a plaintiff in Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al. The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a lawsuit Friday to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental (STR) ordinance restricting property owners and guests. TPPF’s Center for the American Future, aided by the Center for Local Governance, represents individual property owners and entrepreneurs in the lawsuit, Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al., which seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from the unconstitutional city ordinance.
Press Release June 20, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing, Monday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. CDT to discuss a lawsuit filed to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental ordinance.
Press Release June 20, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed a lawsuit to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental (STR) ordinance restricting property owners and guests. TPPF’s Center for the American Future, aided by the Center for Local Governance, represents individual property owners and entrepreneurs in the lawsuit, Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al., which seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from the unconstitutional city ordinance.
Press Release June 20, 2016Today, the Texas Workforce Commission released Texas labor market information for May 2016. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement:
Press Release June 17, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence & Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment, appeared on Fox Business’ Varney & Co. to discuss energy independence, oil and gas regulations, and her new book, co-authored with The Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Moore, Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy.
Press Release June 14, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Center for Effective Justice Deputy Director Derek Cohen examining sentencing enhancements in Texas. The paper, Texas’ Mandatory Sentencing Enhancements, examines the effectiveness of statutory provisions that raise the minimum threshold of criminal sentence based on a certain characteristic of the offense or offender, and provides policy recommendations for how best to deal with current and potential future enhancements.
Press Release June 14, 2016Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Director of the Fueling Freedom Project Doug Domenech issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of two Resolutions, H.R. 89 and H.R. 112, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the U.S. economy, and opposing the President’s proposed $10 tax on every barrel of oil.
Press Release June 14, 2016