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Abbott Calls For Regulatory Reform
Abbott Calls For Regulatory Reform
At the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation, Gov.-elect Greg Abbott presented a number of regulatory reforms designed to increase...
Straus Happened
Straus Happened
Since the grow-government establishment in Austin cannot win when they take their case to the voters, as witnessed by this year’s elections,...
Medicaid Expansion: More Fraud, or More Corruption
Medicaid Expansion: More Fraud, or More Corruption
Last month, Austin was rocked by the latest in a slew of scandals suggesting widespread corruption in state government. Health and Human Services...
Protect Power or Serve the People
Protect Power or Serve the People
Close allies of Texas House Speaker Joe Straus were rejected by Republican primary voters last March, and his Democratic allies were routed in their...
Conservative Think Tank Charts a New Way Forward for Tax and Expenditure Limits
Conservative Think Tank Charts a New Way Forward for Tax and Expenditure Limits
Building on their successful research of the Real Texas Budget and the Conservative Texas Budget, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper...
Straus Not Always Silent on Issue of Record Vote
Straus Not Always Silent on Issue of Record Vote
Several weeks ago, Speaker candidate Rep. Scott Turner penned a letter to State Rep. Charlie Geren and House Speaker Joe Straus, calling on them to...
A Progressive Agenda?
A Progressive Agenda?
Did you vote for a “progressive” agenda in 2014? Did Texans support the progressives, like the candidates of Progress Texas and Battleground Texas?...
Stage Set for School Choice
Stage Set for School Choice
With the start of the legislative session fast approaching, advocates for school choice reform are jockeying to set forward proposals they believe...
Sen. Charles Perry: Protect the Rainy Day Fund
Sen. Charles Perry: Protect the Rainy Day Fund
Incoming State Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) has filed a constitutional amendment to protect the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), sometimes...
An Ideology of Elitism
An Ideology of Elitism
The United States of America is unique in human history for its founders’ experiment in self-government – the belief that educated people did not...
Ken Paxton Sworn in as Attorney General
Ken Paxton Sworn in as Attorney General
This afternoon, conservative champion Ken Paxton was sworn in as Texas’ 51st Attorney General today before a crowded chamber of conservatives...
Introducing The Series
Introducing The Series
In a six-part series beginning on Sunday, Jan. 4, Christopher Paxton will explore Texas’ biennial budget process. His series will provide...