Tag Archives: Texas Public Policy Foundation
The Money Behind Texas’ Most Influential Think Tank
What do you call a group of ideologues that collects millions from corporations and billionaires and then churns out studies and policy papers used by politicia...Read More
Rick Perry Toasts Arthur Laffer, Roasts California
Gov. Rick Perry joined Arthur Laffer in yet another bid to wrest control of the national consciousness from that great nemesis of our state — California....Read More
Conservative Think Tanker Proposes Tax Cuts to Pay for West Disaster
Texas Public Policy Foundation deep thinker John Davidson proposes tax cuts for businesses to help West, Texas recover from the April fertilizer explosion....Read More
Partying for School Choice on Milton Friedman’s 101st Birthday
David Dewhurst's gift to school choice fans on Friedman's birthday: He'll skip the two-thirds rule to pass a voucher bill in 2015.
Fans of school choice—like private school vouchers and charter schools—celebrated Milton Friedman's birthday by describing how baffled they are by oppositio...Read More
Conservative Think Tank Supports Less Sex Offender Disclosure
Texas lawmakers have filed more than a dozen bills this session that augment or add restrictions to the behavior of registered sex offenders, of whom Texas now ...Read More
Lawmakers Scrap Over ‘Outside Groups’
Angry debate erupted on House floor when Rep. Byron Cook allowed an amendment that would’ve gutted a previously-uncontested portion of the PUC sunset bill....Read More
A Gun Show at the Capitol
There was a pro-gun rally at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon. Normally those events take place in front of the Capitol, but this one occurred in the basement...Read More
Josh Treviño, Secret Malaysian Man
Some folks in Texas took notice today when Buzzfeed reported that Josh Treviño, a conservative pundit employed by the influential Texas Public Policy Foundatio...Read More
Michael Quinn Sullivan’s Fuzzy Math
But one thing everyone should be able to agree on is that conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan is horrible at math. Twice in the past month, Sullivan's ...Read More