The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice Director Marc Levin issued the following statement on the Texas House passage of HB 1490, which would establish new prevention measures designed to reduce truancy while also eliminating criminal penalties for skipping school.
Press Release May 19, 2015The Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero and Armstrong Center for Energy & Environment Leigh Thompson issued a statement on Governor Abbott signing into law House Bill 40, which clarifies that the regulation of oil and gas operations is under the jurisdiction of the state.
Press Release May 19, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn and Vice President of Research and Center for Economic Freedom Director Bill Peacock entitled, The 2016-17 Texas Budget: It’s Not a Conservative Texas Budget Yet. The paper examines both the House and Senate budgets and outlines recommendations for a real conservative budget that would ensure long-term economic growth and security.
Press Release May 14, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Senior Policy Analyst Jess Fields issued the following statement on the Texas House’s passage of House Bill 114, which would limit the use of capital appreciation bonds, which are risky financing mechanisms often requiring a lump sum repayment greatly exceeding the original amount borrowed.
Press Release May 13, 2015Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday announced that he filed an amicus brief defending the preliminary injunction against President Obama’s executive amnesty. The Governors of Louisiana, New Jersey, and South Dakota also signed onto the amicus brief.
Press Release May 13, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Senior Fellow Mario Loyola on options states have to address the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) onerous and punitive Clean Power Plan (CPP). The paper, The EPA’s Clean Power Plan: State Legislative Options, explores the different approaches the Texas Legislature can take to protect Texans from this unconstitutional expansion of federal power and ruinously expensive changes.
Press Release May 13, 2015Today, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 310, which would bring transparency and accountability to the process of issuing certificates of obligation (COs). As documented in the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s report Reform Local Debt Issued Without Voter Approval, local governments have come to increasingly rely on this type of non-voter approved debt which is making an already bad local debt situation worse.
Press Release May 12, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper by Senior Fellow Mario Loyola on the unconstitutionality of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP). The paper, The EPA’s Dangerous New Power Grab, examines the origins and legality of the CPP.
Press Release May 12, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced that Robert Henneke joined the Foundation as director of the newly launched Center for the American Future. The Center will advance Tenth Amendment principles through opposition to federal abuse and overreach in areas of environmental, private property, and business autonomy rights.
Press Release May 12, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today launched the Center for the American Future, led by former Kerr County Attorney and former Texas Assistant Attorney General Robert Henneke, to advance Tenth Amendment principles through opposition to federal abuse and overreach in areas of environmental, private property, and business autonomy rights. The Center will enhance the Foundation’s core mission by launching challenges to government overreach at the administrative, district, and appellate court levels. The Center will represent clients whose lives and liberty are threatened by federal-government action in defiance of the Constitution.
Press Release May 12, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Economist Dr. Vance Ginn testified today before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee on Senate Bill 7, relating to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.
Press Release May 12, 2015On Saturday, the citizens of Kingsbury, TX approved by 97 percent the incorporation of the City of Kingsbury. The Kingsbury Incorporation Committee indicated it would follow the principles of a Liberty City, seeking to protect residents’ rights, provide basic services, and keep taxes as low as possible. In addition, as an incorporated community, the City of Kingsbury cannot be annexed by neighboring municipalities.
Press Release May 11, 2015