The attached letter was distributed to members of the Texas Senate on May 3, 2011 regarding the position of the Texans for a Conservative Budget coalition on use of the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund. ———- Texas Senate Delivered By Hand Dear Senator, In 2009, we signed a letter urging the Texas legislature to not use...
Press Release May 3, 2011“The Texas Public Policy Foundation welcomes the news that the Texas Senate may shortly consider a 2012-13 budget bill that does not include use of the Rainy Day Fund. This is a credit to the hard work and persistence of Sen. Steve Ogden and the Senate Finance Committee. “The Foundation has consistently opposed use of...
Press Release May 3, 2011“Chairman Powell’s draft goals represent the type of visionary leadership Texas universities have needed for a long time. Our universities have a dual mandate to close the gaps in educating Texas students and to produce world-class research. These draft goals outlined by Chairman Powell position the University of Texas System to becoming the 21st century...
Press Release May 3, 2011AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced a new broadcast advertising campaign aimed at educating Texans about the importance of maintaining a fiscally conservative budget in Texas. The first phase of the campaign, undertaken as part of the Texans for a Conservative Budget coalition, consists of two 60-second advertisements – one featuring...
Press Release April 25, 2011“Rather than make additional difficult decisions that needed to be made, the Senate’s proposed budget exceeds the House’s by more than $12 billion and relies heavily on one-time measures to pay for the higher spending. This is not the kind of budget that voters in November elected lawmakers to write. “As we have noted in...
Press Release April 21, 2011AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas House for its preliminary approval of House Bill 5 by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, the Health Care Compact. “America’s health care crisis is not going to be solved by Washington, DC, but rather by getting those decisions out of DC and back to the people of...
Press Release April 20, 2011AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation celebrated today the launch of The Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics, dedicated to preserving and promoting the core tenets of supply-side economics. The Laffer Center bears the name of Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, one of President Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisors and a trusted advisor to federal officials,...
Press Release April 18, 2011The Texas Public Policy Foundation extends its condolences to the family of its former board chairman, Houston businessman William McMinn, who passed away on Monday. McMinn had a distinguished five-decade career in the petrochemical industry. He was president and chief executive officer of Cain Chemical and chairman of Arcadian Corporation and Texas Petrochemicals. He served...
Press Release April 14, 2011AUSTIN – With Tax Day 2011 just four days away, the release of a new study by Dr. Arthur Laffer, Dr. Wayne H. Winegarden, and John Childs underscores the importance of simplifying the U.S. tax code as a way to reduce the compliance costs of the tax burden, thereby boosting growth in the economy. Entitled...
Press Release April 14, 2011"The Texas House today strengthened the property rights protections in Senate Bill 18 by adopting the ‘buyback' and ‘public use' amendments. These amendments are essential to fixing Texas' Kelo problem once and for all, and we hope that the Texas Senate accepts them when the bill comes back across the rotunda. "The ‘buyback' amendment by...
Press Release April 13, 2011AUSTIN – Seven policy, business, and grassroots organizations have banded together to form Texans for a Conservative Budget, a coalition that will urge the Texas Legislature to approve a 2012-13 state budget that cuts non-essential programs, does not raise taxes or fees, and does not tap the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund. The coalition debuted at...
Press Release April 6, 2011“Last November, Texas voters sent a loud and unambiguous message that they wanted government to live within its means. Tonight, the Texas House delivered a budget bill for the next biennium that does just that. “As Chairman Jim Pitts noted, Texas has about $5 billion less in general revenue than it did two years ago...
Press Release April 3, 2011