TODAY: TPPF’s Bryan Mathew to Testify on Uniform Election Dates and Debt Transparency

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Bryan Mathew, policy analyst with the Center for Local Governance, will testify before Texas House Committee in support of House Bill 151, House Bill 1271, and House Bill 2485, regarding uniform election dates, and in support of House Bill 738, House Bill 1658, and House Bill 1910, regarding debt transparency.? Mathew will testify on both subjects before the Texas House Committee on Elections TODAY, April 3rd, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. CDT in room E1.026 of the Texas Capitol.

Press Release April 3, 2017

TPPF’s Chip Roy Applauds Article V Resolutions from Arizona and North Dakota

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Tenth Amendment Action Director Chip Roy issued the following statement on the passage of Article V resolutions by the Arizona and North Dakota state Legislatures. These pieces of legislation request that Congress call a convention of states for proposing amendments to the Constitution, limited to imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, reducing the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and establishing term limits for federal officials and members of Congress.

Press Release March 28, 2017

TPPF Applauds the Texas Senate’s Passage of the State Budget

Today, the Texas Senate passed SB 1, which is the state government’s budget for the upcoming 2018-19 biennium. With the SB 1 amounts of $145.2 billion in state funds and $217.8 billion in all funds, they are below the Conservative Texas Budget (CTB) limits of $147.5 billion in state funds and $218.5 billion in all funds. The CTB limits are based on an increase in population growth plus inflation of 4.5 percent above 2016-17 appropriations. The Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin issued the following statement:

Press Release March 28, 2017

TPPF Experts Available to Discuss Clean Power Plan Repeal

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment at TPPF; Robert Henneke, General Counsel and Director of the Center for the American Future at TPPF; Brad Zarin, Director of the Fueling Freedom Project at TPPF; and Ted Hadzi-Antich, Senior Attorney at the Center for American Future at TPPF, are available to comment on the Executive Order repealing the Clean Power Plan, which the President is expected to sign today.

Press Release March 28, 2017

TODAY: TPPF’s Bryan Mathew to Testify Against Unreasonable Regulatory Actions by a State Agency

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Bryan Mathew, policy analyst with the Center for Local Governance, will testify in support of Senate Bill 813, a bill to allow a person to bring a claim against a state agency for a regulatory action that is frivolous or unreasonable. Mathew will testify before the Senate Committee on State Affairs TODAY, Monday, March 27th, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. CDT in the Senate Chamber of the Texas State Capitol.

Press Release March 27, 2017

TODAY: TPPF’s James Quintero to Testify on Local Debt Reforms

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero, director of the Center for Local Governance, will testify in support of Senate Bill 460 and Senate Bill 461, two bills aiming to improve local government debt transparency and accountability. Quintero will testify before the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations TODAY, Monday, March 27th, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. CDT in room E1.028 at the Texas State Capitol.

Press Release March 27, 2017