The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper on reforming the Texas foster care system in Texas by Brandon J. Logan, J.D., CWLS, director of the Center for Families and Children. The paper, “The Community-Based Solution for Texas Foster Children,” advocates for local control and community ownership of child welfare services.
Press Release April 6, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero, director of the Center for Local Governance, will testify in support of several bills in the House and Senate to end forced annexation. Quintero will testify before the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations TODAY, Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. CDT in Room E2.026 at the Texas State Capitol.
Press Release April 5, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Chip Roy, Director of the Tenth Amendment Center, appeared on CNN with Ana Cabrera to discuss repealing Obamacare. This interview continues TPPF’s effort to repeal Obamacare and support returning much of healthcare decision-making to the people and to the states.
Press Release April 3, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White, director of the Center for Energy and the Environment, will testify on Senate Bill 225 and Senate Bill 226; two bills related to referrals of issues regarding applications for water rights. White will testify before Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs TODAY, Monday, April 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. CDT in Room E1.012 at the Texas Capitol.
Press Release April 3, 2017Texas 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, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Dr. Thomas Lindsay, director of the Center for Higher Education, will testify on Senate Bill 446, a bill related to federal funding expenditure control to local governments. Dr. Lindsay will testify before Texas Senate Committee on Finance TODAY, Monday, April 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. CDT in Room E1.036 at the Texas Capitol.
Press Release April 3, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Dr. Kevin Roberts, Executive Vice President of TPPF, and Stephanie Matthews, senior policy advisor with the Center for Education Freedom at TPPF, issued the following statements on the Texas Senate passage of Senate Bill 3, relating to the establishment of an education savings account program for Texas.
Press Release March 30, 2017The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced statewide radio ads on school choice featuring Senator Ted Cruz and former Senator Phil Gramm. Senators Cruz and Gramm lend their voices in support of Senate Bill 3, which provides Texas families with education choice achieved through education savings accounts (ESAs).
Press Release March 29, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn will testify before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee TOMORROW, March 29, at 8:00 a.m. CDT in room E2.012 at the Texas State Capitol. Dr. Ginn will testify in favor of House Bill 28, relating to the use of certain surplus state revenue to phase out the franchise tax, commonly called the margins tax.
Press Release March 28, 2017Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Bryan Mathew, policy analyst with the Center for Local Governance, will testify in support of House Bill 1449, a bill that prohibits local governments from imposing linkage fees on new construction. Mathew will testify before the House Committee on Ways & Means on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. CDT in room E2.012 of the Texas State Capitol.
Press Release March 28, 2017Texas 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, 2017Today, 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