Energy & Environment
Energy is everything
ERCOT’s recent study estimates that the costs of implementing the CPP alone will increase consumer’s electric bills by sixteen percent.
December 6, 2015
Energy & Environment
Obama should play with an open hand in Paris climate talks
Presently, nearly 50 percent of reported temperature data is not taken from an actual measurement.
December 2, 2015
Economy
Restrictions on payday lenders cost Texas jobs
These attacks on payday and auto title lenders are simply the latest predatory government policies designed to restrict economic opportunity — especially for low-income people attempting to raise themselves out of poverty.
December 2, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Testimony: Local Debt Transparency
According to the Texas Bond Review Board (BRB), local debt outstanding reached more than $225 billion in fiscal year 2014, representing almost 85 percent of total Texas debt.
December 1, 2015
Health Care
Why poor locales vote for people who promise to slash welfare
MacGillis also points to the re-election last year of Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, who has long pushed for more restrictions on welfare programs in a state where nearly 15 percent of residents are on food stamps—third highest in the country.
December 1, 2015
Health Care
My mental health struggles don’t justify trigger warnings
In advancing the narrative that people with mental illness and PTSD are so fragile that they need to be protected at all times, universities not only fail to help people overcome their traumas, they increase the already toxic stigma against people with mental illness.
December 1, 2015
K-12 Education
Dr. John Merrifield’s amicus brief for the school finance trials
The final oral arguments for the current school finance litigation were heard before the Texas Supreme Court on September 1st 2015. This amicus brief explains how our state can make education more productive for Texas children.
November 30, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Long-term solution to burdensome property taxes is ending them
Simply, property taxes are outstripping Texans’ ability to afford a home and put food on the table.
November 30, 2015
Energy & Environment
Clean Power Plan allows government to control our lives
If enacted, the Clean Power Plan enables the Federal government to seize control over the energy industry, and thus our lives.
November 30, 2015
Higher Education
More U.S. colleges poised to go bankrupt, according to three new studies
Moody’s found that the percentage of schools suffering from three-year growth rates under 2% has quintupled, to 50%, in the last eight years.
November 28, 2015
Economy
Texas October jobs report update: 106 consecutive months
Though Texas faces headwinds, strengthening the Texas model by continued economic diversification, more international trade, and pro-growth policies will help the Lone Star State weather the storm.
November 25, 2015
K-12 Education
Texas Institute for Education Reform amicus brief for the school finance trials
The final oral arguments for the current school finance litigation were heard before the Texas Supreme Court on September 1st 2015. This amicus brief explains how our state can make education more productive for Texas children.
November 23, 2015