Earlier today, the Austin City Council approved increasing the homestead exemption from 6 percent to 8 percent, which should save $23 for the average homeowner with a $250,000 house. Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero issued the following statement on the action:
Press Release June 29, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero is available to discuss the ridesharing regulations approved yesterday by the Fort Worth City Council. The new regulations will impose a much lighter regulatory burden on transportation network companies and instead favor a more free-market approach.
Press Release June 29, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation along with the 12 additional member organizations of the Conservative Texas Budget Coalition today released The Conservative Texas Budget. The report’s authors, Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at TPPF, and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn use a calculated state spending growth limit based on population growth plus inflation of 4.5 percent over the previous two fiscal years (FY 2015 & 2016) to set spending limits of $147.5 billion in state funds and $218.5 billion in all funds.
Press Release June 28, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation along with the 12 other member organizations of the Conservative Texas Budget Coalition will hold a press conference on the release of The Conservative Texas Budget, Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 11:00 am at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The Conservative Texas Budget, authored by Foundation’s Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy, and Dr. Vance Ginn, Economist, highlights state spending limits on the 2018-19 budget.
Press Release June 27, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Pete Hegseth on his book, In the Arena, on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release June 24, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero issued the following statement on the amicus curiae brief filed earlier this week by three Texas State Senators and 17 Texas State Representatives in support of the Laredo Merchants Association’s legal challenge to the City of Laredo’s plastic bag ban. The Brief, filed in the 4th Court of Appeals, argues that current state law “preempts and invalidates” this type of plastic bag prohibition.
Press Release June 23, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kathleen Hartnett White, distinguished senior fellow-in-residence and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, and Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of the Center for the American Future today issued the following statements in reaction to a Wyoming federal judge’s decision to block an Interior Department rule that would have set stricter standards for hydraulic fracturing on public lands.
Press Release June 23, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Fueling Freedom Project rolled out its first mobile app to allow iPhone and Android users to follow up-to-the-minute developments in climate and energy policy. The app brings nine specific portals to mobile users, including feeds for global satellite temperature reports, climate policy news, and relevant social media links, among others.
Press Release June 22, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White and co-author Stephen Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, will discuss their new book, Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy (Regnery Publishing), on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 5:00 PM CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in downtown Austin.
Press Release June 20, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media availability at the property of Ahmed Zaatari, a plaintiff in Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al. The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a lawsuit Friday to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental (STR) ordinance restricting property owners and guests. TPPF’s Center for the American Future, aided by the Center for Local Governance, represents individual property owners and entrepreneurs in the lawsuit, Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al., which seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from the unconstitutional city ordinance.
Press Release June 20, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing, Monday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. CDT to discuss a lawsuit filed to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental ordinance.
Press Release June 20, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed a lawsuit to halt the City of Austin’s short-term rental (STR) ordinance restricting property owners and guests. TPPF’s Center for the American Future, aided by the Center for Local Governance, represents individual property owners and entrepreneurs in the lawsuit, Zaatari et. al v. City of Austin, et al., which seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from the unconstitutional city ordinance.
Press Release June 20, 2016