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About the Foundation
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan research institute guided by the core principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, private property rights, free markets and limited government.
The Foundation’s mission is to improve Texas
by generating academically sound research
and data on state issues, and by recommending the
findings to opinion leaders, policymakers, the media
and general public.
Learn more about the Foundation in our video, Ideas Into Action.
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Highlighted Research

| A History of Lawsuit Reform in Texas | |
| Texas has been a leader in tort reform since enacting landmark medical malpractice reform in 2003. This history of tort reform in Texas discusses how it came to be and the tremendous results since. |
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| Eminent Domain: Restoring Texans’ Property Rights | | Testimony before the House Committee on Land Use and Regulation |
| Taking private property is not only wrong, it is also unnecessary. A recent study shows that economic develop can and does occur without eminent domain, another reason why Texas should reform its laws for the post-Kelo world we live in. |
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| Work Release: Con Job or Big Payoff for Texas? | |
| For Texans behind bars, a job can be the key to unlocking gates of opportunity and abandoning the criminal lifestyle. The limited experience in Texas and evidence from around the nation indicates that work release programs that properly monitor and carefully screen participants can reduce recidivism and costs to taxpayers while protecting public safety. |
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| The Condition of Our Nation: The Press Is Always Wrong | | Thinking Economically: Lesson 4 |
| The U.S. today is in its best shape ever. Americans enjoy low flat(ish) tax rates, an economy open to foreign trade, and wealth unprecedented in human history. To continue to enjoy this prosperity, it is important to understand why the 1980s and beyond have been so much better. |
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Visit the Publications section for all of our reports.
| Latest Commentaries

Telecom Taxes on the Decline Cutting the telephone and cable franchise fees in half would reduce most consumers’ bills by another 3 percent or so, lowering Texas telecom taxes by more than $500 million a year. |
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The Folly of Food as Fuel Texas is the appropriate state to call for a change in federal ethanol mandates. The indirect costs of ethanol hurt Texans in the grocery store as well as key agricultural sectors of the state economy. |
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For Texans, a "Proposition 13" Moment It goes with the robins and the roses – the bad news of what property ownership costs in a society that leans heavily, for the satisfaction of public wants, upon the owners of homes and businesses. |
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The Quality of Science Matters Characterized by the EPA as perhaps its most expensive rule ever, this 75-ppb standard begs for solid scientific justification. |
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More commentaries are found in the Newsroom.
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Recent Press Releases
| Foundation applauds Georgia school choice law | | Texas parents should have similar choices for their children |
The signing of a universal school choice law in Georgia should encourage Texas lawmakers to provide parents and students with more educational choices here, according to the Texas Public Policy Foundation. |
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| Nixon explains why doctors are heading for Texas |
| - Wall Street Journal | |
"What's Up" program interview with Kathleen Hartnett White, part 2 |
| - KKHT-FM 100.7 (Houston) | |
"What's Up" program interview with Kathleen Hartnett White, part 1 |
| - KKHT-FM 100.7 (Houston) | |
| Eminent domain not required for large-scale economic development, Peacock says |
| - Lone Star Report | |
| Converting food into fuel is pure folly, White writes |
| - Corpus Christi Caller-Times | |
| For Texans, "Proposition 13" moment has arrived, Murchison writes |
| - Amarillo Globe-News | |
| Ethanol messes with Texas, according to Thornley |
| - National Review Online | |
| White: The folly of food as fuel |
| - Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
| Foundation research on occupational restrictions for ex-offenders highlighted |
| - Austin American-Statesman | |
| Stout: CHIP expansion distorts market for health insurance |
| - Houston Chronicle | |
| Crowd-out effect from CHIP expansion predictable, according to Stout |
| - San Antonio Express-News | |
| Steady rise in property taxes raises fundamental questions, Murchison writes |
| - Ellis County Press | |
"Our Times" interview with Bill Peacock on the Texas Electric Meter, part 2 |
| - Cumulus Broadcasting (Dallas/Fort Worth) | |
"Our Times" interview with Bill Peacock on the Texas Electric Meter, part 1 |
| - Cumulus Broadcasting (Dallas/Fort Worth) | |
| Deregulation and urbanization limit need for phone subsidies, Peacock says |
| - Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
| Georgia should follow Texas' lead on spending transparency |
| - Bryan County News (Richmond Hill, GA) | |
| Time to reform teacher pay schedules, Terry writes |
| - San Antonio Express-News | |
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