Economy
Teacher engagement with students ebbs with time, recent poll shows
Teacher Engagement with Students Ebbs with Time, Recent Poll Shows
August 6, 2013
Taxes & Spending
ICYMI: Comptroller Combs on FBN…
ICYMI: Comptroller Combs on FBN Discussing How to Prevent a Detroit-Like Implosion Here in Texas
August 5, 2013
Energy & Environment
Wohlgemuth, Shaffer: More Local Control…
Wohlgemuth, Shaffer: More Local Control for Highways Will Save Money
August 5, 2013
Other
Loyola: Of all the bad…
Loyola: Of all the bad things about this law, by the far the worst is its creation of a new open-ended middle-class entitlement in the form of insurance-premium subsidies for people making between 138 & 400 percent of the federal poverty level.
August 5, 2013
Energy & Environment
Mixed Signals in the Energy Market
Mixed Signals in the Energy Market
August 2, 2013
Other
Davidson: “Texas knows best how…
Davidson: "Texas knows best how to care for Texans... And the more we can get the federal government out of the business of dictating to the state how to run these programs, the better."
August 1, 2013
Other
Loyola: But what the government…
Loyola: But what the government did in places like Detroit was the worst thing that it could've done. It adopted a combination of disastrous policies that created enormous labor market rigidity. It wasn't just taxes, it was protectionism, it was...
August 1, 2013
Taxes & Spending
TPPF President Brooke Rollins statement…
TPPF President Brooke Rollins statement on U.S. Attorney General's stated intent to intervene in Texas elections
July 31, 2013
Other
Davidson: The administration’s decision to…
Davidson: The administration's decision to suspend key parts of Obamacare has given opponents of the law reason to hope the impending "train-wreck" might finally be at hand.
July 31, 2013
Other
White:A comprehensive congressional review of…
White:A comprehensive congressional review of the renewable fuel mandates is welcome after almost six years of counterproductive consequences.
July 30, 2013
Other
White: Today’s water shortages, however,…
White: Today's water shortages, however, are not intractable unless Texans refuse to surmount the status quo. As the landmark 2001 State Water Plan detailed, almost every region of Texas needs to increase available water supplies to meet future demand.
July 29, 2013
K-12 Education
WEDNESDAY: TPPF Policy Primer reviews…
WEDNESDAY: TPPF Policy Primer reviews school choice in Texas, celebrates economist Milton Friedman's legacy
July 29, 2013