The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for the American Future, Robert Henneke, issued the following statement on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas ruling reversing the listing of the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Press Release September 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy today published a joint op-ed highlighting the results of a comprehensive study examining the opportunity for Texas ISDs to realize efficiency gains through the use of competitive contracting. As evidenced by Michigan’s experience, competitive contracting offers Texas ISDs a lot of upside potential.
Press Release September 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed an amicus brief in support of the Efficiency Intervenors in the school finance trial, for which oral arguments begin today. The brief was filed in the interest of providing the best education for all students, as the Court’s decision will influence the quality of education available in Texas.
Press Release September 1, 2015Today, the Austin school board will consider adopting a $1.1 billion budget for 2015-16 that spends 8.9 percent more than the previous year’s budget. Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero issued the following statement on the proposed budget.
Press Release August 31, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Distinguished Senior Fellow and Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Director Kathleen Hartnett White and Center for the American Future Robert Henneke issued the following statement after a federal judge in North Dakota issued a temporary injunction order preventing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing its plan to redefine the Waters of the United States (WOTUS).
Press Release August 31, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation Executive Director Arlene Wohlgemuth issued the following statement on the intention of Texas Medicaid officials to issue new therapy payment rates to implement reductions passed by the Texas Legislature.
Press Release August 28, 2015Data reveals beetle’s known range expanded widely in recent decades
Press Release August 28, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a policy primer on forced annexation, titled, “The Great Texas Land Grab” TOMORROW, Thursday, August 27, at 11:30 a.m. in the Red McCombs Event Center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release August 26, 2015Earlier today, the San Antonio City Council considered to a proposal to expand its already aggressive annexation efforts to include an additional six areas in unincorporated Bexar County that would add as much as 87 square miles and more than 52,000 Texans. This large-scale proposal comes in addition to an existing annexation plan that would see 66 square miles and an estimated 200,000 Texans added to the city without consent.
Press Release August 26, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance gave invited testimony yesterday on public pensions for the Austin Fire Department and Austin Police Department before the Public Safety Committee of the Austin City Council.
Press Release August 25, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a policy primer on the annexation, titled, “The Great Texas Land Grab” Thursday, August 27, at 11:30 a.m. in the Red McCombs Event Center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release August 25, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host an event titled, “The EPA’s Clean Power Plan: In Washington We Trust?” on Thursday, August 27, at 11:30 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Building in Houston, Texas.
Press Release August 25, 2015