James Quintero, Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance, will provide invited testimony tomorrow, December 2, 2015, before the Texas Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations at 9:30 a.m. in Room E1.012. Quintero will testify on interim charge #2 examining local ordinance integrity and charge #4 studying local debt transparency.
Press Release December 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future Director Robert Henneke issued the following statement on the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) intervening in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al., which challenges 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 December 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom today released a paper by Center Director Bill Peacock and Research Associate Cody Ross on the Texas Enterprise Fund. The paper, The Texas Enterprise Fund, is part of the Foundation’s series, Spotlight on State and Local Government.
Press Release December 2, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released “TEL It Like It Is: Why Texas Needs Spending Limit Reform” by the Honorable Talmadge Heflin, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Fiscal Policy and former chairman of the Texas House Committee on Appropriations, and TPPF Economist Dr. Vance Ginn.
Press Release December 1, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a policy primer titled, “Do Tax and Expenditure Limits Matter?” TODAY, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 11:30 am CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release December 1, 2015Registration opens TODAY, December 1, 2015 for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 14th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature. The Policy Orientation will take place on January 6-8, 2015 at the Hilton Austin Hotel.
Press Release December 1, 2015Today, the Texas Workforce Commission released Texas labor market data for October 2015. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement.
Press Release November 20, 2015U.S. Congressman Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn will keynote at the Texas Public Policy Foundation second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit TODAY, Friday, November 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.
Press Release November 20, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit TODAY and Friday, November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.
Press Release November 19, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host its second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit TOMORROW and Friday, November 19 and 20, at the Foundation’s new building in downtown Austin, Texas. Building on the popularity and success of last year’s summit, this year’s gathering will once again showcase national and international thought leaders who will address the top energy and environmental concerns taking center stage today.
Press Release November 18, 2015The Austin City Council’s Mobility Committee this week recommended new regulations affecting ridesharing companies in the City. The proposed rules would require transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft to put signage or other “trade dress” on their vehicles; submit all vehicles to the same 20-point vehicle inspection required of taxis and limousines; disclose their trip data to the City of Austin; and fingerprint all prospective drivers.
Press Release November 18, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future Director Robert Henneke issued the following statement on the Texas Attorney General’s Office intervening today in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al., which challenges 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 November 18, 2015