MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Texas Public Policy Foundation health care and fiscal policy experts available to discuss Medicaid expansion

AUSTIN – In light of the recent media attention concerning Medicaid expansion, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s leading health care and fiscal policy experts are available to offer further analysis of this failed program.  The Foundation has extensively researched health care policy issues including Medicaid reform and ObamaCare through publications such as: Final Notice: Medicaid Crisis; Medicaid Reform; Assuring...

Press Release February 22, 2013

Renowned authority on school choice Dr. Matthew Ladner joins TPPF as a consultant for the legislative session

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation and allies will hold a press conference on Saturday, February 23, at 10:30 a.m., on the north steps of the Texas State Capitol. The coalition of speakers and policy eminences will call for decisive action from the 83rd Texas Legislature on school choice and real school reform in the Lone...

Press Release February 21, 2013

MEDIA EVENT: Texas Public Policy Foundation and allies to hold press conference for Texas school choice.

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation and allies will hold a press conference on Saturday, February 23, at 10:30 a.m., on the north steps of the Texas State Capitol. The coalition of speakers and policy eminences will call for decisive action from the 83rd Texas Legislature on school choice and real school reform in the Lone...

Press Release February 21, 2013

Ashley Sewell Joins the Right on Crime Team

AUSTIN – Ashley Sewell, formerly CEO of Carnivore Media, a boutique online image management firm, is bringing her talent to the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime campaign. Ashley will continue working for smaller government, lower taxes, and increased personal responsibility both in Texas, as well as the rest of the nation.   “It’s...

Press Release February 19, 2013

TPPF statement regarding today’s Texas Impact analysis on Medicaid coverage expansion

“The Texas Impact report released today is an attempt to pressure state legislators into supporting Medicaid expansion. They should resist this pressure.  “Currently, Medicaid provides the worst health care coverage in the developed world, and forcing large numbers of Texans into will not make them healthier, or better off. Numerous studies have shown that health...

Press Release February 18, 2013

SJR 27 and HJR 83 Would Protect Texas Taxpayers

Prudent public policy suggests that taxes ought not to be raised unless a broad consensus exists. After all, why weigh down Texas taxpayers, slowdown the economy, and potentially kill jobs unless there is a clear and immediate need for more revenues? Ensuring that this kind widespread agreement on taxes exists is critical to the future prosperity of the state, which is why Senate Joint Resolution 27 and House Joint Resolution 83 are so important.  In short, SJR 27 and HJR 83 would require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all lawmakers in each house of the Legislature before any state taxes could be raised or created. This simple but important requirement would be a big improvement over the current system, which only requires a simple majority vote to raise taxes. Considering that taxes affect us all and with so much at stake—jobs, the economy, and Texans’ financial well-being—it is not too much to ask that we set out certain, simple requirements before the Legislature can raise taxes. It’s prudent public policy and the right thing to do.

Press Release February 13, 2013

Statement on balanced-budget amendment

AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation expressed its strong support for the United States Senate's minority conference's decision to unite behind a balanced-budget amendment with strict limits on taxes and spending. “This is an important sign that momentum is building across the nation for the kind of truly transformational change that can restore...

Press Release February 12, 2013

ICYMI: Center for Tenth Amendment Studies Director Mario Loyola in National Review Online and The American Interest

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation president and CEO Brooke Rollins today congratulated Texas Public Policy Action (TPPA), a 501c4 organization, on its launch. TPPA willanalyze bills and provide Daily Floor Reports for the 83rd TexasLegislature. “At the Texas Public Policy Foundation, we have established a strong tradition of rigorous analysis and effective advocacy in the...

Press Release February 12, 2013

Texas Public Policy Foundation statement on the launch of Texas Public Policy Action

AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation president and CEO Brooke Rollins today congratulated Texas Public Policy Action (TPPA), a 501c4 organization, on its launch. TPPA willanalyze bills and provide Daily Floor Reports for the 83rd TexasLegislature. “At the Texas Public Policy Foundation, we have established a strong tradition of rigorous analysis and effective advocacy in the...

Press Release February 11, 2013

TPPF commends bills improving higher education quality and transparency

The Texas Public Policy Foundation today expressed its support for legislation to improve higher education quality and transparency. The two bills were filed by Sen. Brian Birdwell: The Collegiate Learning Assessment Bill (Senate Bill 436) and the College Students' Right to Know Bill (Senate Bill 445). 

Press Release February 8, 2013

TPPF applauds bills to give Texans more information

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today expressed its support for legislation announced by Comptroller Susan Combs: two bills on greater transparency in public education and pensions.  “Texas is once again at the forefront of the transparency movement, pushing for the sort of good government reforms that will give Texans more information, more choice,...

Press Release February 7, 2013

TODAY: Right on Crime’s Brendan Steinhauser joins a panel discussion to be broadcast on KLRU and KUT 90.5

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Brendan Steinhauser, Director of Communications for the Right on Crime initiative, joined KLRU’s program “Why Bother? Your State Legislature, Your Voice” that includes Texas State legislators Rep. Larry Gonzalez, and Sen. Wendy Davis, as well as Bee Moorhead, the Executive Director of Texas Impact. The panel will air...

Press Release February 7, 2013