The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed an amicus curiae brief in Laredo Merchants Association v. City of Laredo, Texas opposing the City of Laredo’s ordinance that directly contradicts Texas law by prohibiting retailers from providing customers with plastic bags.
Press Release April 4, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced Kevin Roberts, Ph.D., as its new Executive Vice President. Roberts succeeds Executive Director Arlene Wohlgemuth, who will retire in May 2016 after a long and distinguished career in public service and the conservative movement.
Press Release April 4, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing TODAY, Monday, April 4 at 10:00 a.m. CDT to discuss a new paper by TPPF Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf, Policy Analyst Michael Barba, Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin, and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Texas school finance basics and reform.
Press Release April 4, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing TODAY, Monday, April 4 at 10:00 a.m. CDT to discuss a new paper by TPPF Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf, Policy Analyst Michael Barba, Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin, and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Texas school finance basics and reform.
Press Release April 4, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today released “Texas School Finance: Basics and Reform” by TPPF Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf, Policy Analyst Michael Barba, Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin, and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn. The paper brings clarity to the complex issue of school finance in Texas and outlines reforms to make the system student centered and efficient.
Press Release April 4, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a media conference call briefing MONDAY, April 4 at 10:00 a.m. CDT to discuss a new paper by TPPF Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf, Policy Analyst Michael Barba, Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin, and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Texas school finance basics and reform.
Press Release April 1, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Charles Koch Institute will host a Policy Primer discussing “Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform in Texas: Where and When Does it Occur?” on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Joe B. Hogsett Theater.
Press Release March 31, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) issued the following statement from the Honorable Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of TPPF’s Center for the American Future, on the amicus curiae brief filed by U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry, 20 other Texas U.S. Congressmen, and U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz in support of the plaintiffs in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al. TPPF’s Center for the American Future is representing individual property owners, the counties of Wichita, Clay, and Wilbarger, and the Clay County Sheriff in the lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) unconstitutional and arbitrary seizure of thousands of acres of private property along the Red River in Texas.
Press Release March 31, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation Economist Dr. Vance Ginn today gave invited testimony before the Texas Senate Finance Committee on an interim charge to study the economic benefits of phasing out the franchise tax and public testimony on an interim charge to improve budget transparency.
Press Release March 30, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation President and CEO Brooke Rollins appeared on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom today to discuss a Convention of States under Article V of the United States Constitution to reign in the federal government and restore the rule of law.
Press Release March 28, 2016The Texas Workforce Commission on Friday released Texas labor market information for February 2016. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement.
Press Release March 28, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) issued the following statement from the Honorable Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of TPPF’s Center for the American Future, on the federal District Court’s Order granting the Texas General Land Office’s motion to intervene in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al. TPPF’s Center for the American Future is representing individual property owners, the counties of Wichita, Clay, and Wilbarger, and the Clay County Sheriff in the lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) unconstitutional and arbitrary seizure of thousands of acres of private property along the Red River in Texas.
Press Release March 25, 2016