Brian Phillips, Author at Texas Institute for Property Rights

Purple Lines and Property Rights

States cross the nation have enacted laws that allow property owners to designate their property lines by painting purple lines

Close Public Libraries Permanently Nearly a year after Harvey flooded many of Houston’s public libraries, six remain closed and virtually

Advocates of tariffs and other trade barriers often claim that their goal is “fair trade.” If another country imposes tariffs

I recently had an interesting conversation with a liberal friend. As would be expected, we disagree on many political issues.

In recent years, Texas cities (as well as those across the nation) have embarked on a campaign of “local control.”

In 2005, Dallas used a little-known process called amortization to rezone land along Ross Avenue. Suddenly, many businesses that had

Immigration and the Welfare State Immigration is a complex and emotional topic. But often the discussion gets sidetracked. A few

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