TPPF Policy Orientation to host panel on local school choice programs

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom will host the policy panel “Is Texas Finished Improving Its Protection of Property Rights?” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9, at 3:25 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol. “While Texas has made progress protecting property rights...

TPPF’s Kathleen Hunker authors piece for the Cornell International Law Journal Online

AUSTIN – Kathleen Hunker, policy analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Economic Freedom, article titled Britain's Road to Constitutional Gridlock, American Style appears in today's Cornell International Law Journal Online. The piece discusses how the United States government shutdown was the predictable, if not intended, result of a constitutional system that views competitive struggles between government...

TPPF’s Kathleen Hunker authors piece for the Cornell International Law Journal Online

TPPF Policy Orientation panel to discuss the Texas Model approach of attracting business

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom will host the policy panel “Economic Development: Texas Style” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Friday, January 10, at 9:45 a.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.

TPPF releases report on reviving restorative justice in Texas

Derek Cohen, policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Effective Justice, today released the report entitled "Reviving Restorative Justice: A Blueprint for Texas," in which he explains how Texas' current criminal justice system identifies the state as the victim of a crime, and that the actual victim plays too small of a role in the process. As a solution to this legal tradition, Cohen presents the case for Texas to adopt the restorative justice model, allowing the objective of the system to be the restoration of justice to the victim. 

ICYMI: TPPF’s Rollins and Davidson in National Review Online on the left’s attack on free speech

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation President and CEO Brooke Rollins and Health Care Policy Analyst John Davidson authored The Left’s Coordinated Assault on Free Speech in Friday’s National Review Online. From the piece: “Recently the left-wing British newspaper the Guardian published funding proposals that were privately submitted to the State Policy Network (SPN) — a nonprofit group that coordinates state-level efforts to enact free-market reforms — by state-based think tanks. The Guardian justified its actions on the grounds that the public needs ‘full and fair access’ to the conservative groups’ plans, ‘to allow the public to reach its own conclusions about whether these activities comply with the spirit of non-profit tax-exempt charities.’ … “But the real purpose of the Guardian’s hit piece is far more disturbing than any corporatist conspiracy theory: It is meant to undermine the freedoms of expression and association that all Americans enjoy under the First and Fourteenth Amendments." Brooke Rollins and John Davidson are available to further discuss how free speech is threatened. To schedule interviews please contact Kristen Indriago at [email protected] or 512.472.2700. Their media expert guides can be accessed here http://bit.ly/1h86u7s andhttp://bit.ly/1cqkaGx, respectively.  The article can be read in its entirety here: http://bit.ly/1kG8fsH.

TPPF’s Policy Orientation panel to focus on criminal-justice reform in Texas

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice will host the policy panel “A Second Act for Criminal Justice Reform” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol. 

Rising Tax Revenues Should Go Towards Lowering Taxes

Rising Tax Revenues Should Go Towards Lowering Taxes

TPPF’s Policy Orientation to host fiscal-policy panel on the budget realities of the 83rd Legislative Session

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice will host the policy panel “A Second Act for Criminal Justice Reform” at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislatureon Thursday, January 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.  “The 2007 reforms to Texas criminal justice policy that strengthened...

TPPF Policy Orientation panel to examine how much consumer protection is enough

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Economic Freedom will host the policy panel "Consumer Protection or Burden? Regulation of the Marketplace" at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 8, at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol. "From homeowners insurance to the electricity market, Texas policymakers...

TPPF Policy Orientation panel to discuss whether federal aid to states becomes federal control of states

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Tenth Amendment Action will host the policy panel "Defeating the Trojan Horse: Federal Assistance to the States" at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Thursday, January 9, at 3:25 p.m. at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol.  "The federal government lures states into grand...

TUESDAY: TPPF Policy Primer highlighting smart juvenile prosecution and its success across Texas and the nation

The Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Effective Justice will hold a Policy Primer, "Making the Case for Smart Juvenile Prosecution" on Tuesday, December 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Stephen F. Austin InterContinental Hotel.