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Austin, TX

Bill Peacock, Director, Center for Economic Freedom, will moderate a panel on Universal Service at the 2008 Telecom, Cable & Wireless Conference held at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. This event is sponsored by the University of Texas Law School.

Houston, TX

The 2008 Preserving the American Dream conference will ask how land use can work without zoning and how toll road authorities can relieve congestion. The conference will include a tour of recent transportation and land-use projects in the Houston area as well as dozens of speakers and workshops on transportation and land-use issues. TPPF is a cosponsor of this event.

Austin, TX

Texas has enjoyed a strong economy and significant job growth in recent years, but will the new business tax hurt the state's business climate? What makes a state competitive andhow does Texas stack up to the competition? How can Texas maintain a competitve advantage over other states and even other countries?

Join the Texas Public Policy Foundation as our panel of experts discuss how state fiscal and regulatory policies contribute to what makes a state an attractive place to live and work.

With special guest panelists:
Donna Arduin Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics, LLC)
Scott Hodge - The Tax Foundation
Dick Lavine - Center for Public Policy Priorities

Complimentary lunch will be provided. Space is limited.

Click here to register.

Austin, TX

Legislators click here to register.

Space for legislative staff has filled. Please click here to be placed on a waiting list.

The Foundation is pleased to host a full-day health policy summit and roundtable exclusively for Texas Legislators and their staff. The program features health policy experts from think tanks and academic institutions from around the nation. This unique program is designed with an emphasis on in-depth discussion of key health policy issues, including public programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, health insurance regulation, provider regulation, and a look at health care reforms around the United States. Space is limited and registration is necessary.

With experts:
Michael Cannon - Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
David Hyman, JD, MD - University of Illinois College of Law
Christie Ranizewski Herrera - Director, Health and Human Services Task Force, American Legislative Exchange Council
Shirley Svorny, PhD - Chair, Department of Economics, California State University, Northridge
Michael Tanner - Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
JP Wieske - Director of State Affairs, Council for Affordable Health Insurance

(Tentative Agenda)
8:30 Registration Opens
8:45 Welcome
9:00-10:30 Health Policy in Perspective, & Medicaid and SCHIP Policy
Break
10:45-12:00 Breakout Session: Provider
Regulation/Insurance Regulation
12:15-1:30 Lunch with Keynote Guest
1:45-3:00 Breakout Session: Provider Regulation/Insurance Regulation
Break
3:15-4:45 Health Care Economics and Reform: Looking at Health Care Systems around the World and State Reforms in the United States

San Antonio, TX

Capital Campus Texas is a university-based education program designed specifically for policymakers in Texas that connects seasoned academics with practitioners of public policy. With thousands of participants in the Mercatus Center’s original Capitol Hill Campus program in Washington, DC, plus many more in states around the country, we are pleased to bring this outstanding program back to Texas.

Download the letter here.

Download the application here.

Download the brochure here.

Please send direct inquiries to: Angie Choueifati.

Austin, TX