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Facts, Not Unfounded Fears, Should Drive Policy on Methane Emissions

As IHS Markit’s CERA Week, the world’s premier gathering of executives and ministers to discuss energy, environment, and climate, comes to a close it is clear climate change will – as Biden promised – take center stage in this administration. Unfortunately for the American people, Biden’s actions on methane emissions, as well as other climate...

March 4, 2021
Energy & Environment

Please Don’t California the Puerto Rican Power Grid

The most significant threats to Puerto Rico’s energy grid are not tropical storms, hurricanes, or earthquakes—but rather decades of mismanagement and the Island’s unrealistic renewable energy goals for 2025. With the Biden Administration making aggressive renewable environmental policy changes, the Island can expect more pressure from the federal government for renewable energy in Puerto Rico....

March 2, 2021
Energy & Environment

Neglecting Decommissioning Standards Risks Undoing Green Energy Progress

President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda is expansive, with plans to spend over $2 trillion over the course of his first term in office. Democrats’ main talking point is that the United States needs to expand solar energy’s part within America’s energy mix as quickly as possible. However, there is little conversation around what is...

March 2, 2021
Election Integrity

Let’s Ensure that Texas Elections are Free and Fair

As a legislator, I believe that we must work to secure the right of every citizen to participate in guiding the direction of our government. When people do not have confidence in our electoral institutions—when political legitimacy is questioned—liberty is threatened. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the Texas Legislature this session to ensure that elections,...

March 1, 2021
Energy & Environment

Texas legislators must protect the lifeblood of Texas

With President Biden wasting little time in office, he has clearly set his sights on Texas’ prosperity — first by canceling the Keystone Pipeline and thousands of jobs along with it, then by rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, and lastly by banning fracking on federal land. Who could expect him to remember his promise on...

March 1, 2021
Criminal Justice

Stop Trying Our Police Officers in the Court of Public Opinion

Coverage of the disturbing events of Jan. 6 has given us a glimpse of just how differently the left and the right are treated in the media. Americans on both the left and the right watched in disbelief and horror as a mob overran Capitol Police and invaded the Capitol building. One protestor was shot...

February 26, 2021
Criminal Justice

Defunding Police Is Not The Answer

I grew up when the show “COPS” was popular on television. Though police dramas had been on for years, this was the first real-life depiction of police and what these officers went through. For many of us, it was the first time we saw a side of society we often try to ignore. For me,...

February 26, 2021
Local Government

Houston’s Anti-Freedom Force

Most people know that the city of Houston will spend almost $1 million on contract lobbyists this year. But some may be surprised to learn that it also employs in-house lobbyists. And these Bayou City boosters excel at pushing for higher taxes, more spending, and less government accountability. The city’s in-house lobby team, otherwise known...

February 25, 2021
Local Government

ICYMI: TPPF Launches Statewide Radio Ad Campaign Targeting Tax Dollars Spent on Lobbying

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is taking its message on local government lobbying to every corner in the Lone Star State. Earlier this week, the Foundation launched an aggressive statewide radio campaign educating Texans on the insidious practice of spending taxpayer money to lobby for more taxpayer money. The campaign comes on the heels of...

February 25, 2021
Public Safety

Gun Control Bill Would Create Instant Felons

It’s one thing to hear the gun-grabbing rhetoric coming out of Washington. But Texas? We knew that President Biden’s administration would be far less Second Amendment-friendly than the previous administration. At one point, Biden even promised to put Beto “Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15” O’Rourke in charge of his administration’s gun policies....

February 25, 2021
Local Government

NEW: Report Details Property Tax Growth

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has just published a new report detailing the extent of property tax growth over the last few years. The data is revealing. According to the 2018-19 Biennial Property Tax Report, almost 4,300 local taxing units levied $67.3 billion in property taxes on homeowners and businesses in 2019. That’s a...

February 25, 2021
Local Government

School District Property Taxes are the Problem

School district property taxes are massive. In 2019, Texas’ local governments walloped homeowners and businesses with property taxes totaling $67.3 billion, according to a new Texas Comptroller report. Of the total tax levy, school districts, by far, imposed the greatest burden at $36.2 billion or 54% of the whole. By comparison, property taxes levied by...

February 25, 2021
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