The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom will host the panel “Labor Unions in Texas: Fair and Balanced?” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:00 am CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Salon K.
Press Release December 14, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom will host the panel “Labor Unions in Texas: Fair and Balanced?” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:00 am CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Salon K.
Press Release December 14, 2015The goal of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is recovery of endangered species. To explore efforts to delist species not threatened as endangered and discuss the lack of constitutional authority to regulated intrastate species under the ESA, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future will host the panel “Mission Accomplished!? What Should Happen After a Protected Species Under the Endangered Species Act Recovers” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 2:00 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Meeting Room 616.
Press Release December 14, 2015Interactions between police and civilians have captured recent headlines. To discuss the role of law enforcement and policies that better enable police to keep communities safe, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice will host the panel “Watchmen or Warfighter? Finding a Policing Model for the 21st Century” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 3:30 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Meeting Room 616.
Press Release December 14, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s leading energy and environment experts are available to discuss the climate change agreement approved Saturday in Paris at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21). Experts include the Foundation’s Director of the Center for the American Future Robert Henneke, Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence & Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, Kathleen Hartnett White, and Director of the Fueling Freedom Project, the Honorable Doug Domenech.
Press Release December 14, 2015During a recent congressional hearing, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy was asked to justify her comments that the Clean Power Plan was “enormously beneficial” when it would only avert one one-hundredth of a degree of global warming and cost hundreds of billions of dollars to implement. To explore what benefits environmental regulations should accomplish to justify the cost, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future will host the panel “Benefit versus Burden: Do the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Costs Exceed the Regulation’s Impact?” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Friday, January 8, 2016 at 9:30 am CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Salon J.
Press Release December 11, 2015In April 2015, the Texas Medical Board issued a rule that made Texas the most restrictive state in the country for regulation of telemedicine. A lawsuit was filed in response to the rule. To examine the implications of this rule and lawsuits on the future of telemedicine in Texas, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy will host the panel “The Uber Debate of Health Care: Telemedicine and Texas” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Meeting Room 616.
Press Release December 11, 2015Government has a range of policies designed to help the poor. Some claim a rising wealth gap points to an inherent problem with free markets, while others point to government as the source of the problem. To examine the best approach to help people achieve the American Dream, the Texas Public Policy Foundation will host the panel “Government and Poverty: Do Our Policies Help or Hurt” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Salon J.
Press Release December 11, 2015The Texas model of low taxes, no individual income tax, and moderate regulation has generated prosperity for many Texans. Yet, the business franchise tax and local property taxes draw criticism for hindering economic opportunity. To examine potential improvements to the state’s tax structure, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy will host the panel “Advancing the Texas Model: Will a Simple Tax System Drive Prosperity?” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 3:30 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Salon K.
Press Release December 11, 2015The 84th Texas Legislature passed a budget increase of less than population growth plus inflation. To examine whether this constitutes a conservative budget and if it can meet the needs of Texans, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy will host the panel “Spending vs. Taxation: Does the Conservative Texas Budget Meet the Needs of Texans?” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 1:30 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Salon J.
Press Release December 11, 2015A supplemental spending bill passed by the 84th Legislature caused total state spending on health and human services to exceed education spending for the first time in Texas history. To examine how Texas can stabilize the growth of health care spending while improving access to and quality of care, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy will host the panel “Uncompensated Care, Medicaid, and Solutions to Texas’ Health Care Crisis” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 1:30 pm CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Meeting Room 616.
Press Release December 11, 2015While the cost of living is much more affordable in Texas than other large states, there are still places where housing costs are high, including Austin. To examine the extent of the housing problem in Texas, and determine if there is a link between housing costs and local government regulations on land use, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom will host the panel “Do Property Rights Help the Poor? Affordable Housing in Texas” at the 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Friday, January 8, 2016 at 11:30 am CST at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Meeting Room 616.
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