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Lumber prices 'back down significantly,' Houston builder says
By T.H. Lawrence | Sep 17, 2021
After a year and a half of price spikes, Mike Dishberger said it’s been good to see lumber prices declining.
ERCOT: We were ready for Nicholas
By T.H. Lawrence | Sep 16, 2021
Storm left tens of thousands temporarily without power
Newman: 'A large number of new families are moving to home schooling'
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 24, 2021
The trend is growing. More Texas families are choosing to home-school their children this fall, and the Texas Home School Coalition reports that the all-time record set in 2020 looks like it won’t last long.
Texas Public Policy Foundation: Critical race theory is false, dangerous
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 16, 2021
If more Americans studied their country’s history, they would understand that critical race theory distorts the truth and misleads the people who follow it, according to Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Analyst: Wind, solar 'distorting' Texas energy market
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 11, 2021
Regulation needed to ensure they provide reliable power when it is needed, says Bennett
Home schooling sees dramatic rise in Texas
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 10, 2021
Families turned to it before pandemic, but interest grows since Covid arrived
'It's inevitable': Decrease in Border Patrol response leads to increase in human trafficking
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 5, 2021
Texas Department of Public Safety director Col. Steven McCraw reports that human traffickers have been pushing large numbers of undocumented immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border in targeted locations to distract the Border Patrol with the lengthy process of detaining excess numbers of immigrants.
Analyst: Subsidies for renewable energy 'making the problem more expensive' for Texas
By T.H. Lawrence | Jul 27, 2021
Energy Alliance Policy Director Bill Peacock said Texas could solve its power problems as easy as one, two, three.
Anderson: Texas is 'latest pawn' of Democrats' goal of fabricating an election integrity crisis that 'doesn't exist'
By T.H. Lawrence | Jul 22, 2021
Did Texas Democrats have a long-range plan when they fled Austin to stop votes on a pair of election bills?
'We're ready for it': ERCOT is prepared for extreme heat next week, officials say
By T.H. Lawrence | Jul 22, 2021
It’s been a hot summer — and temperatures are about to increase.
Adult literacy program strives to achieve a '100% literate Houston goal'
By T.H. Lawrence | Jul 6, 2021
Mayor Turner said it can provide ‘achieve transformational change in the lives of adults’
TPPF applauds Texas Legislature's 'many wins for conservative policy' in 2021
By T.H. Lawrence | Jun 14, 2021
Conservatives didn’t just talk about health-care reform during the 2021 Texas legislative session, they got something done, according to an analyst with the right-leaning Texas Public Policy Foundation.
TPPF panel: 2021 Texas legislative session was successful, but special session needed to 'finish the job'
By T.H. Lawrence | Jun 8, 2021
Texas Public Policy Foundation CEO Kevin Roberts said state lawmakers did excellent work in the recently concluded legislative session.
Election law bill 'not designed to protect Americans’ vote,' say three U.S. representatives
By T.H. Lawrence | May 28, 2021
Republican congressmen say HR 1 must be rejected to defend election integrity
TPPF panel: Health care best served through market-based model and 'price transparency'
By T.H. Lawrence | May 26, 2021
The future of health care in America must be a market-based model, no matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Affordable Care Act, according to U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
Houston department offers residents help with home repair program
By T.H. Lawrence | May 25, 2021
Every year 100 Houston homeowners are assisted by the city's Housing and Community Development Department’s single-family home repair program.
Texas Public Policy Foundation staff on Biden’s first 100 days: Administration has 'destroyed our border security system'
By T.H. Lawrence | May 20, 2021
The first 100 days of the Biden administration have been highlighted by bad news for the United States, according to Texas Public Policy Foundation Chief Executive Officer Kevin Roberts.
Babin: 'Border is in worse shape than it ever has been'
By T.H. Lawrence | May 4, 2021
Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said the U.S.-Mexico border crisis is getting worse, and that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are not helping.
Shortage of skilled workers hampers busy builders, plumbers 'in short supply'
By T.H. Lawrence | May 3, 2021
Michael Dishberger said the shortage of skilled workers to finish new homes isn’t a novel problem but is has become a critical one in the current environment.
Veteran builder: Lumber price increase ‘astronomical’
By T.H. Lawrence | May 3, 2021
Michael Dishberger uses one word to describe the increase in the cost of lumber.