Taxes & Spending
No Doubt About It: State Spending Is Increasing
No Doubt About It: State Spending Is Increasing
August 15, 2013
Other
Lindsay: Accountability depends on transparency;…
Lindsay: Accountability depends on transparency; to the extent that boards, as legal fiduciaries, are deprived of full transparency, they are not in fully in charge. If the board is not in charge, who is, and why?
August 15, 2013
Criminal Justice
Texas and the American Airlines Merger
Texas' decision to join the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to stop the American Airlines' merger with US Airways is the latest example of injudicious involvement of states in federal antitrust enforcement.
August 13, 2013
Economy
Big Government Breeds the Burger Robot?
Big Government Breeds the Burger Robot?
August 13, 2013
Taxes & Spending
Letter from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to The Honorable Talmadge Heflin
Letter from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to The Honorable Talmadge Heflin
August 13, 2013
K-12 Education
California “Parent-Trigger” Makes Strides
California "Parent-Trigger" Makes Strides
August 12, 2013
Energy & Environment
Water decision endangers state sovereignty
Water decision endangers state sovereignty
August 12, 2013
Other
Neeley: The district court’s decision…
Neeley: The district court's decision sunders the state's long-recognized authority to allocate the water within its borders for beneficial human use - without federal interference.
August 12, 2013
K-12 Education
California “Parent-Trigger” Makes Strides
California "Parent-Trigger" Makes Strides
August 12, 2013
Other
Rollins: Lawsuits seek to push back against IRS abuse
This piece originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle on August 7, 2013. This week, the Texas Public Policy Foundation joined a class-action lawsuit led by the Citizens for Self-Governance against the Internal Revenue Service. The foundation is one of the many nonprofit, nonpartisan groups that may have been unfairly targeted by the IRS nationwide, and we believe it is time...
August 9, 2013
Other
Texas “Planes”
Texas "Planes"
August 9, 2013
Taxes & Spending
Red Ink Rising: Local Debt in the Lone Star State
Red Ink Rising: Local Debt in the Lone Star State
August 9, 2013