The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero testified today before the House Committee on Investments and Financial Services on Senate Bill 310, a bill to bring transparency and accountability to the process of issuing certificates of obligation or non-voter approved debt.
Press Release May 20, 2015Today, the Texas House will consider Senate Bill 1902, which relates to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice Policy Analyst Greg Glod issued a statement.
Press Release May 20, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn testified today before the Texas Senate Finance Committee for House Bill 32, relating to decreasing the franchise tax rates.
Press Release May 20, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and America’s Future Foundation will co-host the book signing and lecture "Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young" with co-author Diana Furchtgott-Roth on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. CDT in the Liberty Café of the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release May 19, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice Director Marc Levin issued the following statement on the Texas House passage of HB 1490, which would establish new prevention measures designed to reduce truancy while also eliminating criminal penalties for skipping school.
Press Release May 19, 2015The Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero and Armstrong Center for Energy & Environment Leigh Thompson issued a statement on Governor Abbott signing into law House Bill 40, which clarifies that the regulation of oil and gas operations is under the jurisdiction of the state.
Press Release May 19, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn and Vice President of Research and Center for Economic Freedom Director Bill Peacock entitled, The 2016-17 Texas Budget: It’s Not a Conservative Texas Budget Yet. The paper examines both the House and Senate budgets and outlines recommendations for a real conservative budget that would ensure long-term economic growth and security.
Press Release May 14, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Senior Policy Analyst Jess Fields issued the following statement on the Texas House’s passage of House Bill 114, which would limit the use of capital appreciation bonds, which are risky financing mechanisms often requiring a lump sum repayment greatly exceeding the original amount borrowed.
Press Release May 13, 2015Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday announced that he filed an amicus brief defending the preliminary injunction against President Obama’s executive amnesty. The Governors of Louisiana, New Jersey, and South Dakota also signed onto the amicus brief.
Press Release May 13, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Senior Fellow Mario Loyola on options states have to address the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) onerous and punitive Clean Power Plan (CPP). The paper, The EPA’s Clean Power Plan: State Legislative Options, explores the different approaches the Texas Legislature can take to protect Texans from this unconstitutional expansion of federal power and ruinously expensive changes.
Press Release May 13, 2015Today, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 310, which would bring transparency and accountability to the process of issuing certificates of obligation (COs). As documented in the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s report Reform Local Debt Issued Without Voter Approval, local governments have come to increasingly rely on this type of non-voter approved debt which is making an already bad local debt situation worse.
Press Release May 12, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Senior Fellow Mario Loyola on the unconstitutionality of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP). The paper, The EPA’s Dangerous New Power Grab, examines the origins and legality of the CPP.
Press Release May 12, 2015