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Global Economic Freedom Up Over Last Year, U.S. Slides
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FBN: Houston an Economic Boom Town
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Texas PolicyCast - A conversation with Dr. Arthur Laffer
This month, the Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics, a project of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, published a new report, “Taxes Really Do Matter: Look at the States.” The report reviews the...
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Texas Job Growth for August 2012 is Best in the Nation
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America’s Future: California or Texas?
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The Interdependence of Energy, Economy, and Environment
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The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index: Texas Remains #9;...
The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index: Texas Remains #9; Complex Margin Tax Holds Texas Down FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2012...
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Keeping Texas Competitive 2013-14
Keeping Texas Competitive 2013-14Texas Public Policy FoundationEconomy and EmploymentKTCBan.jpgReportJobs and the Texas ModelThe FactsTexas’ state and local tax burden ranked 45th nationally in fiscal...
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Texas Shows Strong Gains in Personal Income in 2011
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Dallas Fed report shows continued economic success for Texas
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Texas vs. California: Myth-Busting Time
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Texas Ranked #1 State for Business
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TPPF supports passage of HB 500
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TPPF on the Closing Days of the 83rd Regular Session
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Texas--Still America’s Economic Engine
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TPPF on the impending vote on HB 500
AUSTIN – Later today, the Texas House and Senate are expected to pass House Bill 500, a bill that offers significant business tax relief and makes permanent the $1 million small business tax...
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Texas in Perspective
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Hollywood vs. Fracking - Chuck Devore on The Kudlow Report
Chuck DeVore, Vice President of Policy, appeared on CNBC's The Kudlow Report Friday, August 9, 2013 to participate in a panel on fracking and Hollywood's seeming opposition to it. Media: Hollywood vs....
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Lone Star State unemployment remains well below national figure.
AUSTIN – Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement today on the recent employment report from the Texas Workforce...
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Trading the Golden State for the Lone Star State
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