TODAY: TPPF’s Kathleen Hartnett White to Testify on Water Rights

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White, director of the Center for Energy and the Environment, will testify on Senate Bill 225 and Senate Bill 226; two bills related to referrals of issues regarding applications for water rights. White will testify before Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs TODAY, Monday, April 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. CDT in Room E1.012 at the Texas Capitol.

Press Release April 3, 2017

TODAY: TPPF’s Bryan Mathew to Testify on Uniform Election Dates and Debt Transparency

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Bryan Mathew, policy analyst with the Center for Local Governance, will testify before Texas House Committee in support of House Bill 151, House Bill 1271, and House Bill 2485, regarding uniform election dates, and in support of House Bill 738, House Bill 1658, and House Bill 1910, regarding debt transparency.? Mathew will testify on both subjects before the Texas House Committee on Elections TODAY, April 3rd, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. CDT in room E1.026 of the Texas Capitol.

Press Release April 3, 2017

TODAY: TPPF’s Thomas Lindsay to Testify on Federal Funding Control

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Dr. Thomas Lindsay, director of the Center for Higher Education, will testify on Senate Bill 446, a bill related to federal funding expenditure control to local governments. Dr. Lindsay will testify before Texas Senate Committee on Finance TODAY, Monday, April 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. CDT in Room E1.036 at the Texas Capitol.

Press Release April 3, 2017

TPPF Praises Passage of Senate Bill to Provide Education Freedom to Texas Children

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Dr. Kevin Roberts, Executive Vice President of TPPF, and Stephanie Matthews, senior policy advisor with the Center for Education Freedom at TPPF, issued the following statements on the Texas Senate passage of Senate Bill 3, relating to the establishment of an education savings account program for Texas.

Press Release March 30, 2017

TPPF Announces School Choice Radio Ads Featuring Sen. Cruz and Former Sen. Gramm

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced statewide radio ads on school choice featuring Senator Ted Cruz and former Senator Phil Gramm. Senators Cruz and Gramm lend their voices in support of Senate Bill 3, which provides Texas families with education choice achieved through education savings accounts (ESAs).

Press Release March 29, 2017

TOMORROW: TPPF’s Vance Ginn to Testify in Favor of Eliminating Margins Tax

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn will testify before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee TOMORROW, March 29, at 8:00 a.m. CDT in room E2.012 at the Texas State Capitol. Dr. Ginn will testify in favor of House Bill 28, relating to the use of certain surplus state revenue to phase out the franchise tax, commonly called the margins tax.

Press Release March 28, 2017

TOMORROW: TPPF’s Bryan Mathew to Testify Against Linkage Fees

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Bryan Mathew, policy analyst with the Center for Local Governance, will testify in support of House Bill 1449, a bill that prohibits local governments from imposing linkage fees on new construction. Mathew will testify before the House Committee on Ways & Means on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. CDT in room E2.012 of the Texas State Capitol.

Press Release March 28, 2017

TPPF’s Chip Roy Applauds Article V Resolutions from Arizona and North Dakota

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Tenth Amendment Action Director Chip Roy issued the following statement on the passage of Article V resolutions by the Arizona and North Dakota state Legislatures. These pieces of legislation request that Congress call a convention of states for proposing amendments to the Constitution, limited to imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, reducing the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and establishing term limits for federal officials and members of Congress.

Press Release March 28, 2017

TPPF Applauds the Texas Senate’s Passage of the State Budget

Today, the Texas Senate passed SB 1, which is the state government’s budget for the upcoming 2018-19 biennium. With the SB 1 amounts of $145.2 billion in state funds and $217.8 billion in all funds, they are below the Conservative Texas Budget (CTB) limits of $147.5 billion in state funds and $218.5 billion in all funds. The CTB limits are based on an increase in population growth plus inflation of 4.5 percent above 2016-17 appropriations. The Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin issued the following statement:

Press Release March 28, 2017

TPPF Experts Available to Discuss Clean Power Plan Repeal

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment at TPPF; Robert Henneke, General Counsel and Director of the Center for the American Future at TPPF; Brad Zarin, Director of the Fueling Freedom Project at TPPF; and Ted Hadzi-Antich, Senior Attorney at the Center for American Future at TPPF, are available to comment on the Executive Order repealing the Clean Power Plan, which the President is expected to sign today.

Press Release March 28, 2017

TODAY: TPPF’s Vance Ginn to Testify in Favor of Strengthening Appropriations Limit

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn will testify before the Texas Senate Finance Committee TODAY, March 27, at 10:00 a.m. CDT in room E1.036 at the Texas State Capitol. Dr. Ginn will testify in favor of Senate Bill 9, relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations.

Press Release March 27, 2017

TODAY: TPPF’s Bryan Mathew to Testify Against Unreasonable Regulatory Actions by a State Agency

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Bryan Mathew, policy analyst with the Center for Local Governance, will testify in support of Senate Bill 813, a bill to allow a person to bring a claim against a state agency for a regulatory action that is frivolous or unreasonable. Mathew will testify before the Senate Committee on State Affairs TODAY, Monday, March 27th, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. CDT in the Senate Chamber of the Texas State Capitol.

Press Release March 27, 2017