Universal schooling means little if children born into poverty are assigned to schools that fail their genius. I cannot stand up and oppose parents having options, because research shows that when parents have options, kids win.
The longstanding liberal approach is to levy high, progressive taxes to redistribute wealth from the haves to the have-nots; implement large government programs to assist the poor; and meddle with housing markets, using government rules to force the construction of low income housing. This is the California model.
On Tuesday, TPPF hosted its first debate at the Joe B. Hogsett Theater on the issue of freedom of association versus forced disclosure. The issue examines whether it is a right of the individual or for the overall public good that donations to “politically active” non-profit groups be publicly revealed.
How? By taking control of the electricity sector of the economy, which forces states and utilities to pick energy fuels by the 'content of their carbon' rather than price, affordability, reliability, or any of the other metrics utilities use to perform in the marketplace.
"Testimony: Liberty Cities May Be Small, But They’re A Really Big Deal" includes Center for Local Governance Senior Policy Analyst Jess Field's support for Senate Bill 710.
Recently, squabbles over which states intend to comply with the Clean Power Plan have emerged. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through the Clean Power Plan, seeks to extend its regulatory tentacles out to everything that has an effect on carbon dioxide emission.
Children who fail to show up to school can be jailed, ensuring that they will not show up to school in the future.
In August 2014, then-Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an advisory opinion finding that municipal ordinances restricting or prohibiting single-use plastic bags were likely in violation of existing state law. Ignoring the AG’s advice, the City of Dallas began implementing its 5-cent per plastic bag fee anyway in January 2015—and now the city could be in legal hot water.
In the course of debating Senate Bill 1760—a bill to increase transparency and accountability in the local property tax system—Senators overwhelmingly approved the adoption of a floor amendment to require local governments to reach a higher voting threshold before raising property taxes.
Until our academic culture embraces again what is truly higher in higher education—our capacity to discover Truth—expect still more exoduses from the liberal arts, regardless of how much attention STEM studies receive.
Like many states, Texas operates under a three-tiered system regulating the alcohol industry. In this system producers, distributors, and retailers must remain separate entities and cannot share ownership or coordinate their activities. The system was enacted with the intent of preventing monopolistic practices, but in reality gives a great deal of power to distributors, the middlemen in this system, and allows them to hold considerable sway in the overall trends in the marketplace.
"Testimony: Regulation & Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions" is Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson's testimony before the International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives in opposition to House Bill 2080.