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 testified before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee on House Bill 31, relating to decreasing the state sales and use tax rate.
Press Release April 14, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation Economist Dr. Vance Ginn testified today before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee on House Bill 32, relating to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.
Press Release April 14, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The celebration will include 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 14, 2015This legislation is a free-market solution that improves access to dental care, creates middle-class jobs, and reduces health care costs.
Press Release April 13, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced Stacy Hock as the newest member of its Board of Directors. She is manager of the Joel & Stacy Hock Charitable Fund, and co-owner of Hock, LLC. She recently moved back to her hometown of Austin from New York City, where she served on the boards of City Harvest and the Bowery Mission.
Press Release April 10, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero will testify today before the Senate Committee on Finance on Senate Bill 182, a measure to provide long-lasting property tax relief by reducing the rollback rate for cities, counties, and special districts from 8 percent to 4 percent.
Press Release April 9, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Economic Freedom Policy Analyst Kathleen Hunker testified today before the Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee on Senate Bill 1185, relating to a biennial study regarding occupational licensing requirements.
Press Release April 9, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Vice President of Policy Chuck DeVore testified Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Transportation on Senate Bill 1294, which would place significant limits on the ability of the Texas Department of Transportation to save up to $1 billion per year by use of design-build contracting.
Press Release April 9, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced that it joined 32 national and state free market organizations in supporting a call by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for states to refuse to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) request that Texas submit a state implementation plan for the Clean Power Plan.
Press Release April 9, 2015It’s time to take action that will help restore the balance, benefit Texans of all walks of life, and maintain Texas’ amazing record of economic success.
Press Release April 9, 2015We applaud the work done today by the Texas Senate to fundamentally reform the state’s spending limit. It’s a good day in Texas as the reforms passed by the Senate today will help safeguard Texans from higher future taxes and fees.
Press Release April 9, 2015We appreciate the efforts by the House to provide substantial, permanent tax relief that would bring about the largest tax cut in the state’s history. With today’s announcement, this is a terrific position for Texans to be in.
Press Release April 8, 2015