In watching the budget debate in the Texas House of Representatives through dawn Wednesday, one thing clearly emerged: House leadership is reserving some $2 billion under the state's spending cap that might go for higher spending, held in reserve, or applied to tax cuts.
Press Release April 1, 2015Measures that divert suitable offenders with mental illness from lockups to effective treatment programs can produce net savings while furthering public safety and offender accountability.
Press Release April 1, 2015Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf entitled, Transparency in Education Funding Sorely Missing. The paper examines school finance in Texas, and how the lack of transparency in the current system inhibits innovation.
Press Release April 1, 2015The third-party payment system is one of the long-standing problems in our health-care system. It hides the cost of care from patients and burdens providers with claims processing.
Press Release April 1, 2015Three of the four bills being heard in committee today share one common aim: raising the age of jurisdiction of the juvenile court to cover 17 year-olds. The evidence is clear: children handled in the juvenile courts versus the adult criminal courts are less likely to reoffend.
Press Release April 1, 2015Forensic pressure on the state mental health hospital system is exacerbating the hospitals’ capacity crisis. A forensic director would help ensure proper placement of patients committed to state mental health hospitals through criminal proceedings.
Press Release April 1, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Vice President of Research and Center for Economic Freedom Director Bill Peacock and Center for Economic Freedom Policy Analyst Kathleen Hunker testified today before the Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee.
Press Release March 31, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the LIBRE Initiative will host a Policy Primer discussing “School Choice and the Hispanic Community” TODAY, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. CDT in the Members’ Lounge located in room E2.1002 of the Texas State Capitol.
Press Release March 31, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced that Doug Domenech joins the Foundation as director of the newly launched Fueling Freedom Project. The project is a state effort to build a coalition to push back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which represents a federal takeover of the entire U.S. system of electric generation.
Press Release March 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today launched the Fueling Freedom Project, led by former Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech, to build a coalition to combat the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which represents a federal takeover of the entire U.S. system of electric generation.
Press Release March 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom today released a paper by Vice President of Research and Center for Economic Freedom Director Bill Peacock on reforming Texas’ state-run windstorm insurance program.
Press Release March 30, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero will testify before House Committee on Elections, TODAY, Monday, March 30, 2015 at 2:00 pm CDT or upon adjournment in room E1.026 of the Texas State Capitol.
Press Release March 30, 2015