The mission of the Texas Public Policy Foundation is to defend liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise, and limited government in Texas and in the nation as a whole. Because these goals will be particularly undermined by a finding that the federal government may force the state of Texas to assist in the implementation of the Endangered Species Act against its will, in violation of the liberty that federalism secures for the people, the Texas Public Policy Foundation has an interest in this Court’s determination.
Local Government
Cities’ Favorite Affordable Housing Tool Doesn’t Build Housing. It Blocks It.
Across the country, many cities have settled on the same fix for housing shortages: order developers to include affordable units in every new project, or charge a fee if they don’t. Boston does it. So does San Francisco, Chicago, and Denver. The pitch is that affordability comes free, paid for by the market-rate units next...
September 17, 2026