TODAY AT TPPF POLICY ORIENTATION: Governor Greg Abbott & presidential campaign advisors

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature convenes its third and final day, TODAY, Friday, January 8, 2016 with a breakfast keynote featuring presidential campaign advisors discussing “Strategy & Democracy: A Conversation on the 2016 Presidential Elections” and a closing keynote luncheon featuring Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who will make a major policy announcement expected to spark a national conversation. 

Press Release January 8, 2016

Texas Governor Greg Abbott to make major policy announcement at TPPF Policy Orientation

he Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) announced today that Texas Governor Greg Abbott will make a major policy announcement expected to spark a national conversation. Gov. Abbott will make the announcement at the closing keynote at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature TOMORROW, Friday, January 8, 2016 at 12:30 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in the Grand Ballroom.

Press Release January 7, 2016

TODAY AT TPPF POLICY ORIENTATION: Sen. Tom Coburn, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Sen. Phil Gramm, & Commissioner George P. Bush

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature convenes its second day, TODAY, Thursday, January 7, 2016 with a breakfast keynote featuring former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and a luncheon keynote on education freedom with former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Nevada Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison, and Commissioner George P. Bush.

Press Release January 7, 2016

TODAY AT TPPF POLICY ORIENTATION: Sergeant Dakota Meyer, policy panels on criminal justice, spending vs. taxation, health care, telemedicine, college affordability, poverty and a plenary session on forced annexation

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature begins TODAY, Wednesday, January 6, 2016 with a luncheon keynote by Medal of Honor recipient Sgt Dakota Meyer USMC and panels discussing criminal justice, spending vs. taxation, Texas’ health care crisis, telemedicine, college affordability for Texas’ rising low-income majority, poverty, and forced annexation.

Press Release January 6, 2016

TPPF’s Kathleen Hartnett White statement on Texas oil exports

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White issued the following statement on the export of Texas oil following the repeal of the 40-year ban on oil exports.

Press Release January 5, 2016

TOMORROW: TPPF’s 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature begins TOMORROW, Wednesday, January 6, 2016 and runs through Friday, January 8, 2016. This year’s sold-out Policy Orientation takes place at the Hilton Austin Hotel, and will feature an array of prominent speakers on the major issues affecting the future of Texas. 

Press Release January 5, 2016

New Texas employment report shows unemployment rate has been at or below the U.S. average for 107 consecutive months

Today, the Texas Workforce Commission released Texas labor market data for November 2015. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement.

Press Release December 18, 2015

TPPF statement on the City of Austin’s new ridesharing regulations

Yesterday, the Austin City council voted to enact new regulations on transportation networking companies like Uber and Lyft. Among the new regulations passed by the Council in a 9-2 vote were a fingerprint-based background check for drivers to be phased in over the next year, a mandate that ridesharing companies have a representative in Austin, and data-sharing requirements.

Press Release December 18, 2015

TPPF statement on congressional agreement to lift 40-year ban on oil exports

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Director Kathleen Hartnett White and Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statements on the agreement announced this morning to end the 40-year ban on oil exports.

Press Release December 17, 2015

TPPF files suit over federal regulation of Bone Cave Harvestman arachnid

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF)’s Center for the American Future representing Williamson County resident John Yearwood and Williamson County, Texas today filed suit to intervene into the pending lawsuit seeking delisting of the Bone-Cave Harvestman from the Endangered Species Act. Mr. Yearwood and Williamson County, Texas challenge the authority of the federal government to use the Interstate Commerce Clause to regulate non-commercial interactions with the Bone Cave Harvestman arachnid, which only exists in two central Texas counties, is not bought nor traded in interstate commerce, and does not otherwise affect interstate commerce.

Press Release December 16, 2015

Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick, Nevada Lt. Gov. Hutchison & Former U.S. Sen. Gramm to keynote TPPF Policy Orientation

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is pleased to announce that Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Nevada Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison, and former Senator Phil Gramm as keynote speakers at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature. The keynote luncheon, “Education Freedom and the American Future” will take place on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 12:30 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in the Grand Ballroom.

Press Release December 16, 2015

Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer to keynote TPPF Policy Orientation

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is pleased to announce that Medal of Honor recipient, Sergeant Dakota Meyer, USMC, will keynote the opening luncheon at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 12:00 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in the Grand Ballroom.

Press Release December 16, 2015