Tag Archives: Texas Public Policy Foundation
Donna Campbell Unveils School Voucher Proposal, Promises Miracles
State Sen. Donna Campbell stumped for a new school voucher proposal at a Texas Public Policy Foundation pre-session briefing full of Texas' conservative leaders...Read More
Top TPPF Analyst: Coal Ended Slavery
The Texas Public Policy Foundation's top energy analyst thinks coal helped end slavery. It didn't, but the argument says a lot about the state's discourse....Read More
Bipartisan Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform Debuts
Next session seems set to be pretty contentious, but a new bipartisan coalition is raising hopes for comity on an important issue—criminal justice reform....Read More
At Conservative Panel on Border Security, Money is No Object
At a panel discussion on border security hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation today, panelists worried about the porous border but couldn't say how much...Read More
The Conservative Case Against Locking Up Minors
Texas Public Policy Foundation estimates that thousands of minors are still hauled off to jails because of a legal loophole: violating a valid court order....Read More
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