The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a policy primer on forced annexation, titled, “The Great Texas Land Grab” TOMORROW, Thursday, August 27, at 11:30 a.m. in the Red McCombs Event Center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release August 26, 2015Earlier today, the San Antonio City Council considered to a proposal to expand its already aggressive annexation efforts to include an additional six areas in unincorporated Bexar County that would add as much as 87 square miles and more than 52,000 Texans. This large-scale proposal comes in addition to an existing annexation plan that would see 66 square miles and an estimated 200,000 Texans added to the city without consent.
Press Release August 26, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance gave invited testimony yesterday on public pensions for the Austin Fire Department and Austin Police Department before the Public Safety Committee of the Austin City Council.
Press Release August 25, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a policy primer on the annexation, titled, “The Great Texas Land Grab” Thursday, August 27, at 11:30 a.m. in the Red McCombs Event Center at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release August 25, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host an event titled, “The EPA’s Clean Power Plan: In Washington We Trust?” on Thursday, August 27, at 11:30 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Building in Houston, Texas.
Press Release August 25, 2015Today, the Texas Workforce Commission released Texas labor market data for July 2015. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement.
Press Release August 21, 2015Today, the Texas Workforce Commission released Texas labor market data for July 2015. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement.
Press Release August 21, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future Director Robert Henneke issued the following statement on the Texas Attorney General’s request filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt implementation of the Clean Power Plan pending judicial proceedings on the rule.
Press Release August 21, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson issued the following statement on the rule proposed this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cut methane emissions from oil and natural-gas drilling.
Press Release August 19, 2015Today, the Austin City Council will consider giving city employees a 3 percent across-the-board pay increase at a cost of $18.9 million. This uniform wage increase proposal comes at a time when the city is already facing a difficult fiscal picture that this proposal would only exacerbate.
Press Release August 6, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation has issued the following statements on the news that the San Antonio city council will consider a proposal to increase the minimum wage for all part-time and full-time municipal employees to $13 per hour.
Press Release August 5, 2015Last week, the City of Austin unveiled its proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-16, revealing higher taxes, questionable spending items, and an overall bigger city government. As is, the city’s proposed budget would raise all taxes and fees on the average homeowner by combined $136 annually.
Press Release August 4, 2015