Rick Santorum to keynote at TPPF Policy Orientation 2014

Registration Opens for TPPF’s 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature

AUSTIN – Legendary National Football League coach Mike Ditka will deliver the keynote address at the opening luncheon of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature.  The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8 in the Capitol Ballroom of the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.  Mike Ditka is a former...

Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka to deliver opening keynote at TPPF’s Policy Orientation

MONDAY: TPPF hosts a Policy Primer featuring Governor Rick Perry

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Chief Counsel Mario Loyola has been appointed visiting fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute of New York University School of Law.  During the fellowship Loyola will focus on federalism and constitutional government, exploring the future of federalism and individual liberty under the United States Constitution. The Institute was...

TPPF’s Mario Loyola appointed visiting fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute of New York University School of Law

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Chief Counsel Mario Loyola has been appointed visiting fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute of New York University School of Law.  During the fellowship Loyola will focus on federalism and constitutional government, exploring the future of federalism and individual liberty under the United States Constitution. The Institute was...

TPPF statement on the ObamaCare ‘fix’

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a Policy Primer, “Competition and the States: California vs. Texas,” on Monday, November 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Stephen F. Austin InterContinental Hotel. The event features Governor Rick Perry, world renowned economist and “Father of Supply-Side Economics” Dr. Arthur Laffer, and Vice...

TPPF releases a report on Texas education: The Good

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a report, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Texas Academic Outcomes, from James Golsan, the Education Policy Analyst at the Foundation’s Center for Education Policy. The report audits the spending and resource allocation in Texas’ current education system, and finds that there are areas where...

What ObamaCare Forgot About: Doctors

What ObamaCare Forgot About: Doctors

ICYMI: TPPF report shows high cost of ObamaCare mandates in Texas

Austin, TX – John Davidson, Health Care Policy Analyst at the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement in response to the President’s visit to Dallas, Texas, today. The President is reportedly visiting to tout the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as ObamaCare, and urge the expansion of...

Marc Levin to testify before Wisconsin Senate Committee regarding “Second Chance Bill”

AUSTIN – Marc Levin, Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice, will testify today in Madison, Wis., before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs in support of Senate Bill 308. The committee hearing will begin at 11:00 a.m. Central Time in State Capitol Room...

Quote of the Week: The Importance of Story

Quote of the Week: The Importance of Story

ALEC appoints Dr. Thomas Lindsay Vice Chairman of the Education Task Force Higher Education Subcommittee

AUSTIN – The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Lindsay as the Vice Chairman of the Education Task Force Higher Education Subcommittee. “His leadership in advancing testing of student learning through the Collegiate Learning Assessment has become a model for legislators around the country,” said Lindsay Russell, Education Task Force Director of the American Legislative Exchange Council. “For years, polls have shown that Americans are fed up with higher education’s skyrocketing tuition, crushing student-loan debt, and poor learning standards. I’m honored to join ALEC in its battle to defend college students, their parents, and taxpayers,” said Dr. Lindsay. ALEC’s Education Task Force mission is to promote excellence in the nation’s educational system, to advance reforms through parental choice, to support efficiency, accountability, and transparency in all educational institutions, and to ensure America’s youth are given every opportunity to succeed.