The Texas Public Policy Foundation and its allies in the Conservative Texas Budget Coalition will hold a press conference Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. CST in the Lieutenant Governor’s Press Room at the State Capitol.
Press Release February 2, 2015Endangered Species Legislation is ineffective while hindering economic growth.
Press Release February 2, 2015Texas’ unemployment rate at or below California’s for 101 consecutive months and national average for 96 consecutive months.
Press Release January 28, 2015The Texas Senate recommends a total budget increase of 1.5 percent and $4 billion in tax relief.
Press Release January 28, 2015AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released The Texas Model: 3rd Quarter 2014 Employment Update. The paper, authored by the Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn, highlights labor market trends through the third quarter of 2014 for the top four most populated states and national average, showing that Texas remains the job creation leader because...
Press Release January 23, 2015AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Senior Fellow Mario Loyola on the need to reform government regulation of America’s nuclear industry. The paper, The Need for Nuclear Regulatory Reform, examines interventions by the Department of Energy, which have imposed major losses on the U.S. nuclear industry, creating incentives against...
Press Release January 20, 2015AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf and Policy Analyst Michael Barba, summarizing the school-finance trial expert report and testimony of Allan E. Parker. Allan Parker is President of the Justice Foundation. He testified as an expert on school finance as a...
Press Release January 15, 2015AUSTIN – Today, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the report Biennial Revenue Estimate 2016-17 that provides the 84th Texas Legislature with an estimate of revenue likely available to appropriate for the next two-year budget. Given the state’s constitution requires a balanced budget, this report sets the stage for how much legislators have available for spending and tax cuts in the 2015 Legislative Session that starts tomorrow.
Press Release January 13, 2015AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) awarded the 2015 Dr. James R. Leininger Liberty Award to former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs. The award, named for the founder of TPPF, recognizes an individual who has forever changed Texas for the better through her inspiring leadership, tireless dedication to liberty, and...
Press Release January 13, 2015AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today premiered a video commemorating the Foundation’s 25 years working to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas. The video premiered at the Foundation’s 13th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol, and chronicles the inception,...
Press Release January 9, 2015AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 13th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature concludes today, Friday, January 9, 2015, with a luncheon discussion on the Resurgence of American Leadership featuring Governor Rick Perry and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, moderated by Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Stephen Moore. The discussion will...
Press Release January 9, 2015AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 13th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature begins TOMORROW, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 and runs through Friday, January 9, 2015. This year’s sold-out Policy Orientation takes place at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol, and will feature an array of prominent speakers on the major issues affecting...
Press Release January 8, 2015