TOMORROW: TPPF to release new report on civil asset forfeiture

AUSTIN –  The Texas Public Policy Foundation will release the report “Taking Contraband Without Taking Away Our Liberties: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform in Texas” on March 6, 2014. Authored by Derek Cohen, policy analyst with the Center for Effective Justice, the study details how state and federal forfeiture procedures are being excessively used in many instances,...

TOMORROW: Dr. Thomas Lindsay at SXSWedu

AUSTIN –  Dr. Thomas Lindsay, Director of Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education, will serve as a panelist at “Cheaper. Faster. Better? The 10k Degree,” hosted by the SXSWedu Conference and Festival on Tuesday, March 4 at 12:00 p.m. at the Austin Convention Center in Room 15. WHO:             Dr. Thomas Lindsay, Director, Center for Higher...

TPPF statement on the release of ERCOT’s Report on Capacity

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom reacted to this morning’s forecast for reserve margins in the Texas electricity market from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): "ERCOT’s forecast of increased reserves confirms that there is no need to re-regulate the Texas electricity market or impose a $3.2 billion electricity...

TPPF statement on ObamaCare enrollment numbers

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation's Senior Health Care Policy Analyst John Davidson authors The IRS Persists in today's National Review Online.  From the piece: "The desire of the Obama administration to censor the political speech of conservative nonprofits has found a sympathetic audience in Texas, of all places, where the editors of the San Antonio Express-News last week made...

Transcript: Local Choice: A New…

Transcript: Local Choice: A New Idea for Freedom in Texas Education

TPPF statement on delay of ObamaCare employer mandate

Texas leads in exports for the 12th consecutive year.

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and the Director for the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, authored A Gathering Storm in today’s National Review Online. White writes: ” ‘The debate is settled,’ said the president in his State of the Union address. ‘Climate change is a fact.’...

TPPF releases An Overview of Local Economic Development Policies in Texas

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s experts and leadership will deliver an analysis and response to the President’s State of the Union address in an open conference call for media at 10:30 a.m. Central Time tomorrow, Wednesday, January 29th, 2014. This is an excellent opportunity to speak directly with the Foundation’s leadership on the...

TPPF Policy Orientation panel and keynote speaker videos available online

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a new Energy Brief, Debunking the Myth: Texas is not Running Out of Electricity-The Generators. The Brief contrasts the mixed messages from generators about the ability of the Texas market to maintain resource adequacy.  “Texas’ competitive electricity market can be profitable for both generators and consumers,”...

New Foundation paper highlights the profitability of the Texas electricity market

AUSTIN – Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued this statement on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade report:  “For the 12th year in a row Texas is the nation’s top exporting state. The Lone Star State continues to benefit from a well-diversified economy, limited government, and pro-growth...

TPPF statement on the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Degree Program

AUSTIN –  Arlene Wohlgemuth, Director at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy, issued this statement today on the news that the White House is delaying the implementation of the ObamaCare employer mandate for mid-sized companies until 2016:             “Today’s questionably legal Executive revision to the Affordable Care Act affirms what the Foundation...

TPPF releases Reforming the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature panel and keynote speaker videos are available online. During this year’s three day conference speakers included national leaders like Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator Ted Cruz, and Attorney General Greg Abbott. To view the Policy Orientation panels and keynote presentations online visit: http://bit.ly/1jgDvCw....