AUSTIN— The Texas Public Policy Foundation is pleased to announce Dennis Prager will provide the keynote remarks at the luncheon for Policy Orientation on Thursday, January 10 beginning at 12:30 p.m. “The storied career of Dennis Prager— a syndicated radio show host and bestselling author— is both inspirational and aspirational,” said Kevin Roberts, executive director of...
Press Release December 5, 2018AUSTIN— Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the policy perspective, “Texas Title Insurance Needs Competition.” Rod Bordelon, a distinguished senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the author of the perspective, offered the following statement: “Title insurance regulation in Texas is antiquated. Setting rates has long been abandoned in every other line...
Press Release December 5, 2018By limiting government spending and using taxes collected by the state to freeze and buy down the school M&O property tax until eliminated, that part of the American dream can finally be fulfilled.
Press Release November 30, 2018AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper “Breaking the Bank: Robin Hood and Chapter 313.” The paper’s author Stanley Greer, a senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, released the following statement: “Under Chapter 313, important decisions about...
Press Release November 29, 2018AUSTIN—The Texas Public Policy Foundation is pleased to announce Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, potentially the next Speaker of the Texas House, will provide a keynote address on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 17th Annual Policy Orientation. “The Texas Public Policy Foundation is honored to host Rep. Dennis...
Press Release November 28, 2018AUSTIN— Yesterday, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the township of Canton. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of F.P. Development, LLC, and claims the township’s tree ordinance is an unconstitutional taking of private property under the Fifth Amendment and an...
Press Release November 27, 2018AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the paper, “How Education Savings Accounts Could Help Texas’ Most Vulnerable Students Succeed.” The paper, written by TPPF’s Senior Education Policy Advisor Kara Belew, explores the effects school choice, specifically Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) modeled after those proposed in SB 3, could have for economically disadvantaged urban children....
Press Release November 27, 2018AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the paper, “The U.S. Leads the World in Clean Air: The Case for Environmental Optimism.” The paper, written by TPPF’s Kathleen Hartnett White and Brent Bennett, Ph.D., examines how America achieved robust economic growth while dramatically reducing emissions of air pollutants. “Although rarely recognized, the environmental record of...
Press Release November 27, 2018AUSTIN – Preliminary data released by the Texas Bond Review Board found cities, counties, school districts, and special districts owe a total of $354.6 billion as of fiscal year 2018. James Quintero, Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Think Local Liberty initiative, issued the following statement: “Texas’ local governments are awash in a sea of red...
Press Release November 26, 2018Austin, TX — Today, twenty prominent Texas conservative leaders sent a letter to Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn urging them to support the First Step Act, which would provide reentry programming to help reduce recidivism, provide modest sentencing reforms, increase public safety, and give those incarcerated a second chance once they have paid their...
Press Release November 21, 2018AUSTIN – Today, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released state-level labor market data for October 2018. The report found Texas employers in the public and private sectors created 32,300 net nonfarm jobs last month bringing the net number of jobs created in the last 12 months to the most of any state at 384,800...
Press Release November 16, 2018AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Third District Court of Appeals rendered its judgment in the paid sick leave case brought against the City of Austin by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The judgment holds that the City’s paid sick leave ordinance violates the Texas Constitution because it is preempted by the Texas Minimum Wage Act and orders a temporary injunction to be...
Press Release November 16, 2018