The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and the Texas Association of Business (TAB) today called for comprehensive reform of the state’s overly regulated title insurance system. Texas prohibits competition in the title insurance market—a mandate that forces Texans to pay among the highest title insurance rates in the country.
Press Release February 2, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and the Texas Association of Business (TAB) will hold a Capitol news conference at 10:00 a.m. TODAY, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 to call for comprehensive reform of the state’s overly regulated title insurance system. Texas prohibits competition in the title insurance market, resulting in Texans paying among the highest title insurance rates in the country.
Press Release February 2, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kent Grusendorf, director of the Center for Education Freedom, and Michael Barba, policy analyst with the Center for Education Freedom are available to discuss school choice in Texas. Mr. Grusendorf and Mr. Barba will also be available for interviews at the School Choice rally TODAY, January 29, 2016, on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol, which begins at 11:00 am (CDT).
Press Release January 29, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero, director of the Center for Local Governance, and Allegra Hill, policy analyst in the Center for Local Governance, will moderate a DFW Local Officials Symposium, leading discussions on economic development and fiscal policy. The Symposium, hosted by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Direct Action Texas, and the R Street Institute will take place on Friday, February 5, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.
Press Release January 27, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn testified today before the Texas Senate Transportation Committee on the interim charge recommending ways to compress or otherwise reduce the number of required inspections. Dr. Ginn also today released a new paper, Costs of Texas’ Passenger Vehicle Safety Inspection, examining the cost and effectiveness of the inspections.
Press Release January 27, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn will testify before the Texas Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. (CST) at E1.016 in the Texas Capitol. Dr. Ginn will focus his remarks on the interim charge recommending ways to compress or otherwise reduce the number of required inspections.
Press Release January 26, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Mental Health Policy Fellow Kate Murphy and Center for Health Care Policy Director John Davidson examining models for effective delivery of mental health care in Texas. The paper, Transformational Treatment: Mental Health Care Delivery in Texas, presents an analysis of the current delivery systems and proposals for improvement.
Press Release January 26, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Douglas Domenech, Director of TPPF’s Fueling Freedom Project, today testified before the Missouri House of Representatives Energy and the Environment Committee in support of HB1470, which would create an "Interstate Power Compact" and specifies that no agency, political subdivision, or official of any Member State will submit any filing in partial or complete fulfillment of the state plan requirements under section 111(d) of the EPA’s Clean Air Act, also known as the Clean Power Plan unless: (1) the filing involves emission limits of what is technically achievable inside the physical boundaries of the electrical generating units, and (2) until such time as the U.S. Supreme Court has rendered an opinion that the Clean Power Plan is legally valid.
Press Release January 26, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero will testify before the Texas Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief on Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. (CST) at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Mr. Quintero will focus his remarks on recommending ways to promote transparency and accountability by all taxing entities and examining ways to further reduce the tax burden on property owners.
Press Release January 25, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice Deputy Director Derek Cohen will give invited testimony before the Austin City Council Public Safety Committee TODAY, Monday, January 25th, 2016 at 4:00 pm CST. Mr. Cohen will present a plan on reporting Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team deployments.
Press Release January 25, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced that Executive Director Arlene Wohlgemuth will retire in May 2016 after a long and distinguished career in public service and the conservative movement.
Press Release January 25, 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 Doug Domenech, director of the Fueling Freedom Project, issued the following statement on the decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denying the petition to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP).
Press Release January 22, 2016