Last week, voters in El Paso, Texas, rejected by a more than 4-to-1 margin an effort by outside environmental groups to create a climate charter for the city, which would have included using taxpayer money to deprivatize the area’s electric company.
Last week, voters in El Paso, Texas, rejected by a more than 4-to-1 margin an effort by outside environmental groups to create a climate charter for the city, which would have included using taxpayer money to deprivatize the area’s electric company.
Even though Texas will likely receive the most taxpayer dollars through the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (BEAD), lawmakers in Austin are looking to create a $5 billion fund for broadband.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives urging members to oppose S. 1207/H.R. 2732, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act.
Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives urging members to oppose S. 1207/H.R. 2732, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act.
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) condemns the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) continued political harassment and targeting of Meta. The latest move by the Commission, currently a completely partisan agency without sitting Republican commissioners, departs from a 2020 agreement between the FTC and Meta on online privacy. The new terms would effectively paralyze huge portions of Meta’s business.
Standard General said that an appeals court’s decision not to force the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to vote on its merger with Tegna was “tantamount to denying the transaction.”
Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) called on Congress to reauthorize spectrum authority for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It has now been nearly two months since Congress allowed the FCC’s spectrum auction authority to lapse for the first time since that agency was granted that ability in 1994. Although the U.S. House passed legislation reauthorizing the FCC’s power, the U.S. Senate failed to pass the bill and the auction authority ended on March 9.
A plan by non-El Paso environmental activists want El Paso city officials to use taxpayer resources to de-privatize the area’s electric company is stirring up controversy in the west Texas town.
In the modern, hyper-polarized world, it’s tempting for governors and state policymakers to wage culture wars, urge the banning of lifesaving products, and even demonize tamales. Fortunately, contemporary leaders can look back at the courageous actions of their predecessors for valuable lessons on how to govern.
