AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Mario Loyola has been named Chief Counsel. He will help oversee the Foundation’s work advancing liberty through the courts, including constitutional litigation. Loyola joined the Foundation in July 2010 as founding Director of the Center for Tenth Amendment Studies, focusing on energy and environment, healthcare, and other federalism...
Press Release August 14, 2013AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy and Center for Local Governance will hold a joint policy primer, “What Do You Owe and What Do You Know?” on Wednesday, August 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Legislative Conference Center inside the Texas State Capitol. This is the first...
Press Release August 6, 2013In case you missed it, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs was recently on Fox Business discussing Detroit’s fiscal implosion and whether there are cities in the Lone Star State faced with similar budgetary challenges. More from the interview: Interviewer: Are certain Texas cities in trouble? Combs: Houston. Houston has a problem. And Houston has unfunded liabilities in the billions… Click here to watch the full video.
Press Release August 5, 2013Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued the following statement today on the Foundation's decision to join a class-action lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
Press Release August 5, 2013In case you missed it, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs was recently on Fox Business discussing Detroit’s fiscal implosion and whether there are cities in the Lone Star State faced with similar budgetary challenges. More from the interview: Interviewer: Are certain Texas cities in trouble? Combs: Houston. Houston has a problem. And Houston has unfunded liabilities in the billions… Click here to watch the full video.
Press Release August 5, 2013AUSTIN – This past week, the Texas Public Policy Foundation's criminal-justice reform efforts — and specifically its groundbreaking national Right on Crime initiative — were spotlighted in both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. The New York Times piece, "U.S. Prison Populations Decline, Reflecting New Approach to Crime," (at http://nyti.ms/16g5Jmu) quoted Director of TPPF's Center for Effective Justice...
Press Release July 29, 2013AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Education Policy will hold a policy primer, “Celebrating Milton Friedman’s Legacy: The State of School Choice in Texas,” on Wednesday, July 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Capitol Grill inside the Texas State Capitol. During the 83rd Texas Legislature, Texas took meaningful steps in...
Press Release July 29, 2013Statement by The Honorable Talmadge Heflin, Director of TPPF’s Center for Fiscal Policy: “As lawmakers put the final touches on this session’s transportation funding centerpiece, we urge Members to enact the ‘floor’ provision that guarantees a strong Economic Stabilization Fund moving forward. We also commend lawmakers for working to bring about greater truth-in-taxation by eliminating...
Press Release July 25, 2013AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation policy experts are available to offer discussion and further detail regarding the recently released paper The Verdict on Federal Prison Reform: State Successes Offer Keys to Reducing Crime & Costs authored by Marc Levin, Director of TPPF’s Center for Effective Justice and policy analyst Vikrant Reddy. According to the...
Press Release July 22, 2013AUSTIN – According to the Texas Workforce Commission’s latest employment report, Texas continues to be a national leader in job growth. Texas’ unemployment rate for June 2013 remains unchanged at 6.5 percent – still well below the nation’s June unemployment rate of 7.6 percent. “While Texas’ unemployment rate remains unchanged in June, the Lone Star...
Press Release July 22, 2013AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero is available to discuss how Detroit’s fate could be replicated in Texas without local governance reforms. TPPF recently launched the Center for Local Governance that will promote excellence in local governance via sound budgeting, citizen accountability, and greater transparency. James Quintero the...
Press Release July 19, 2013AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero is available to discuss how Detroit’s fate could be replicated in Texas without local governance reforms. TPPF recently launched the Center for Local Governance that will promote excellence in local governance via sound budgeting, citizen accountability, and greater transparency. James Quintero the...
Press Release July 19, 2013