Avoiding water scarcity: Lessons from California

Texas has the opportunity to learn from California’s failures and to avoid the mired path that California set itself on.

Brooke Rollins talks EPA overreach on Bill Bennett

TPPF President and CEO Brooke Rollins discusses EPA over regulation, the Clean Power Plan and climate change alarmism on the nationally syndicated Bill Bennett's Morning in America.

Texas April jobs update: 100 consecutive months

There is much to remain positive about in the Lone Star State despite recently slower job creation. The 84th Texas Legislature should take steps to limit spending, reduce regulation, and cut taxes so that the success of the Texas model will continue to benefit all Texans.  

Texas Legislature can ease the pain of paying taxes

While the final package will likely not reach this ultimate goal, as noted by Senate and House leaders, it would appropriately place most of the cuts toward the margin tax enhancing the future of Texas’ prosperity, and setting it on a path to further championing tax policy.

Eminent domain reform is needed to protect Texans’ property rights

The current nature of eminent domain laws [in Texas] tilts the scales against property owners.

Denton needs to respect Texas law

In this instance, however, with the barest glimpse at the facts, it becomes apparent that health and safety concerns are nothing but a convenient veil for municipalities looking to expand their power.

‘Oh the places you’ll go!’ – graduation or jail

In fact, the number of truancy cases prosecuted in Texas is more than twice the number prosecuted in all other states combined, according to a recent report by Texas Appleseed.

Feds aren’t telling the truth about Medicaid funds

The administration is conflating them in an effort to coerce state lawmakers into implementing the ACA Medicaid expansion against their better judgment—and against voters’ wishes.

The Texas Legislature can take Texas’ economy even higher

The state’s leadership has stated their ultimate goal is to eliminate this tax though it’s not happening this session. This transformational policy would make Texas a leader for America—and even the world—in tax policy.

Trans-Pacific partnership will fuel the Texas job engine

While the TPP may not be a perfect agreement, as Congress may give too much discretion to the president to fast-track this deal, more free trade along with the Panama Canal project could help take Texas and the nation to the next level of economic opportunity

House Bill 2536: Eminent Domain Land Grab

Rising resistance to EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Those alarmed over growing federal encroachment on the states and their citizens found a plethora of reasons to condemn Chief Justice John Roberts's 2012 opinion upholding Obamacare. Less noticed was Roberts's practical roadmap for future state resistance to federal overreach.