Governor Greg Abbott to keynote Texas Public Policy Foundation Grand Opening

The celebration includes a lunch with Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton followed by a Policy Primer on Entrepreneurship and the Texas Future featuring renowned Texas entrepreneur and philanthropist Red McCombs, Texas oilman and President of Henry Resources Jim Henry, and TPPF founder and Chairman Emeritus of the medical-device firm Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Dr. Jim Leininger.

Press Release April 20, 2015

NEW TIME TODAY: Press conference on local pension control

The Texas Public Policy Foundation and its allies will hold a press conference on TODAY, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. CDT, in the Speaker’s Committee Room in the Texas State Capitol. Members of the local pension reform coalition will call for decisive action from the 84th Texas Legislature to restore local control of state-governed municipal retirement systems. 

Press Release April 20, 2015

Media Preview of Texas Public Policy Foundation’s new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media preview of its new, state-of-the-art headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on TODAY, April 20, 2015 at 10:30 am CDT. A day ahead of its grand opening, TPPF will open its doors for an exclusive media tour of the Michael S. Stevens Building, just 352 yards from the State Capitol and approximately 42,000 square feet covering six floors. The Michael S. Stevens Building houses the Joe B. Hogsett Theater, the Red McCombs Event Center, and the Governor Rick Perry Liberty Balcony with wrap-around views of downtown and the state capitol.

Press Release April 20, 2015

Press conference on local pension control

The Texas Public Policy Foundation and its allies will hold a press conference on MONDAY, April 20, at 1:00 p.m. CDT, in the Speaker’s Committee Room in the Texas State Capitol. Members of the local pension reform coalition will call for decisive action from the 84th Texas Legislature to restore local control of state-governed municipal retirement systems. 

Press Release April 17, 2015

Texas Public Policy Foundation celebrates grand opening of new building at 901 Congress Avenue

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. 

Press Release April 17, 2015

New state-level employment report for March: Texas’ unemployment rate drops to lowest level since July 2007

During the last twelve months, Texas created 327,500 jobs for a 2.9 percent annual increase contributing to a drop in the state’s unemployment rate to 4.2 percent that has now been at or below the national average for 99 consecutive months.

Press Release April 17, 2015

TPPF’s Jess Fields testifies before House Committee on government transparency & operations

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Senior Policy Analyst Jess Fields testified yesterday before the House Committee on Government Transparency and Operations on four key transparency bills: House Bill 283, House Bill 3041, House Bill 3408, and House Bill 4053.

Press Release April 16, 2015

Media preview of Texas Public Policy Foundation’s new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media preview of its new, state-of-the-art headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 10:30 am CDT. A day ahead of its grand opening, TPPF will open its doors for an exclusive media tour of the Michael S. Stevens Building, just 352 yards from the State Capitol and approximately 42,000 square feet covering six floors.

Press Release April 16, 2015

TPPF’s Leigh Thompson testifies before House Natural Resources Committee

Fortifying the private property rights of landowners in their groundwater in place is a great policy and great addition to statutory law.

Press Release April 15, 2015

TPPF’s James Quintero testifies before House Committee on Investments & Financial Services

The Texas Comptroller’s report Your Money and Local Debt estimates that between 2000 and 2009, local debt rose by 144.4 percent while local spending grew by 84 percent. Yet, over the same period, combined population and inflation increases totaled just 44.9 percent.

Press Release April 15, 2015

TPPF experts available to discuss business franchise tax reduction

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director and former Chairman of the Texas House Committee on Appropriations Talmadge Heflin and TPPF Economist Dr. Vance Ginn are available to discuss reducing the business franchise tax. 

Press Release April 15, 2015

TPPF statement on passage of the Texas Senate’s 2016-17 budget

Today, the Texas Senate passed their version of the 2016-17 total budget of $211.4 billion for a 4.6 percent increase over the current budget. Two weeks ago, the House passed their version of the budget that increased by 3.8 percent to $209.8 billion. These two versions will now go to Conference to resolve any differences. Both versions of the budget reserve revenue for tax relief.

Press Release April 15, 2015