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.
Press Release December 16, 2013Derek 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.
Press Release December 16, 2013AUSTIN – 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.
Press Release December 16, 2013The 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.
Press Release December 13, 2013Rising Tax Revenues Should Go Towards Lowering Taxes
Press Release December 13, 2013AUSTIN – 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...
Press Release December 13, 2013AUSTIN – 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...
Press Release December 13, 2013AUSTIN – 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...
Press Release December 13, 2013The 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.
Press Release December 13, 2013Statement by the Honorable Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy: “The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts published the state’s 2014-15 Certification Revenue Estimate which provides an update on the state’s fiscal position. As detailed in the report, Texas state government revenues are outperforming initial estimates thanks to economic and employment growth that have benefitted...
Press Release December 13, 2013The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy will host the policy panel “The ObamaCare Exchange in Texas: Confronting the Questions” 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.
Press Release December 11, 2013The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced today that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will deliver a keynote address at the 12th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature. The remarks will be given at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol in downtown Austin, Texas.
Press Release December 11, 2013