The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Senior Policy Analyst Jess Fields will testify before the Texas House Committee on Elections TODAY, Monday, March 30, at 2:00 p.m. CDT or upon final adjournment in room E1.026 of the Texas State Capitol. Mr. Fields will testify on House Bills 134, 1283, and 1380.
Press Release March 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson on desalinating brackish water for consumer usage. The paper, Baby Got Brack: Desalinating Brackish Groundwater in Texas, explores new technological innovations and recommendations on the usage of brackish groundwater in Texas.
Press Release March 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today released a paper examining the security threat posed by illegal immigration in Texas. The paper, The Nature and Impact of Illegal Immigration on Security in Texas, is authored for TPPF by Sylvia Longmire of Longmire Consulting.
Press Release March 30, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf and Policy Analyst Michael Barba were in The Wall Street Journal last Saturday with a commentary entitled, “How Texas Can Take the Lead on School Choice.”
Press Release March 30, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the LIBRE Initiative will host a Policy Primer discussing “School Choice and the Hispanic Community” TOMORROW, 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 30, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf and Policy Analyst Michael Barba are in The Wall Street Journal today with a commentary entitled, “How Texas Can Take the Lead on School Choice.”
Press Release March 28, 2015Texas’ unemployment rate of 4.3 percent has now been at or below the national average for 98 consecutive months
Press Release March 27, 2015Yesterday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released state-level personal income data for 2014. The report notes that Texas nominal personal income, which includes the sum of net earnings, property income, and personal current transfer receipts, increased by 5.6 percent last year. This is the nation’s fifth highest growth rate with the national average increasing by 3.9 percent.
Press Release March 26, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Center for Higher Education Director Dr. Tom Lindsay on the progress toward making higher education more affordable. Revolution Rising? - 2014 Update on Texas’ Affordable Baccalaureate Degrees addresses the progress made since then-Governor Perry’s 2011 challenge to universities to craft $10,000 degrees.
Press Release March 26, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation Economist Dr. Vance Ginn, will testify before the Texas Senate Education Committee TODAY, Thursday, March 26, at 8:00 a.m. CDT in room E1.028 of the Texas State Capitol. Dr. Ginn will testify on Senate Bill 276, relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program administered by the comptroller of public accounts.
Press Release March 26, 2015The $4.6 billion in property and business tax cuts adopted by the Senate moves us in the right direction. However, we continue to support the complete elimination of the state’s onerous margin tax.
Press Release March 25, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the LIBRE Initiative will host a Policy Primer discussing “School Choice and the Hispanic Community” on 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 25, 2015