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Rodriguez: 'The Mexican government and Mexican criminal cartels exist in conscious and willing symbiosis, at multiple levels'
The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a statement in response to the preliminary injunction hearing on Aug. 22, challenging the DOJ's arguments regarding the "navigability" of the Rio Grande section where buoys were installed, according to a press release.
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Houston pastor: ‘Education freedom is the path to reverse the decline of our minority communities across Texas’
In an op-ed for Texas Public Policy Foundation, Houston Pastor Dana Carson discussed the benefits that he believes school choice could have for minority populations.
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Policy director for Texas Public Policy Foundation: The chances of tax relief this session are 'extremely good'
To address high Texas property tax rates, Gov. Greg Abbot has proposed using a tax surplus to deliver "the largest property tax cut in the history of the state."
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Quintero: 'The Texas Legislature has a historic opportunity to provide substantial tax relief to all Texans'
James Quintero is pushing state lawmakers to do with taxes what he largely sees as in the best interest of taxpayers across the state.
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Quintero: 'The Texas Legislature has a historic opportunity to provide substantial tax relief to all Texans'
James Quintero, policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Government for the People initiative, pointed out the opportunity for tax relief for Texans in a recent newsletter.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation: 'No matter how you slice it, Texans everywhere need property tax relief'
Vance Ginn, Chief Economist of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, recently spoke on the importance of reducing property taxes for all Texans as Houston's property tax levy grew faster than the preferred rate of growth from 2016 to 2020.
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McCaul: Southwest border 'out of control' under Biden administration
Under the direction of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the U.S.-Mexican border has become a nightmare of danger and ineptitude, according to two analysts on border security.
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'Property taxes are out of control in the Lone Star State': new report finds ISDs in Texas rose faster than recommended
Property taxes continue to be a point of contention for Texas residents following a new report that found almost all ISDs rose faster than the preferred rate of growth this year.
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Quintero on rising Texas property taxes: 'Local governments are getting rich while families are forced to make hard decisions'
Austin-based conservative think tank the Texas Public Policy Foundation recently published a report that reveals Texas' most populous counties have experienced increasing property taxes compared to the preferred growth rate during the last half-decade.
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TPPF policy director Quintero: 'Unfortunately, local property tax bills are also bigger in Texas'
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have supported measures to reduce the burden of property taxes on Texans, and even despite major cities in the Lone Star State seeing a population decline, property taxes went up.
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'Make a difference': Texas panel promotes community-based programs as future of foster care
With Texas' foster care system in crisis and facing a critical moment, the Lone Star State’s most vulnerable children are in increasing peril. A recent panel discussion examined what state leaders and ordinary citizens can do to assist them.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation analyst questions ability of renewables to provide consistent energy
Texas has focused all year on reducing use of nonrenewable energy sources following the February winter storm, which claimed more than 100 lives and cost the state nearly $300 billion. The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) has been assigned the task of ensuring that catastrophes such as the February blackout don't happen again.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation panel: Woke movement seeks to revise Alamo history
The Alamo is the most iconic name, place and event in Texas history. That’s why it’s worth pushing back on new interpretations of what happened at the San Antonio Mission from Feb. 23 to March 6, 1836, according to panelists at a discussion sponsored by the Texas Public Policy Foundation on Oct. 26.
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Texas Public Policy economist predicts massive Texas job losses under 'Build Back Better'
Everywhere Americans look necessities are getting more expensive. Gas, food, electricity and other materials that households require to work and live are becoming unaffordable, thanks to rising inflation and cost of goods as wages struggle to keep up.
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Swain: Critical race theory 'threatens' nation
The critical race theory of U.S. history has been a hit topic in the past year, but it has been bubbling up for decades, Carol Swain said during a discussion sponsored by the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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Panel urges Texas to show wisdom in dispersing $40 billion of federal funds
The American Rescue Plan Act is providing $40 billion to Texas and a panel discussion examined how that money should be used.
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Economist blasts Democrats' $5 trillion package as ‘dangerous’
President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing for a $5 trillion reconciliation package, leading Stephen Moore, co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity and an economic contributor to FreedomWorks, to become a staunch opponent.
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Abbott blasts Biden's border policy, predicts bright future for Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott says that since President Joe Biden assumed the presidency Jan. 20, the U.S.-Mexican border has been destabilized.
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Life:Powered director links Winter Storm Uri disaster to years of poor planning, policies
Winter Storm Uri didn’t happen in a vacuum. It was the inevitable result of years of poor planning and policies, according to Jason Isaac, director of the Life: Powered initiative at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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ERCOT: We were ready for Nicholas
Storm left tens of thousands temporarily without power