Forensic 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, 2015The 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, 2015