TPPF Releases Paper on Grand Jury Reform

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) released a paper by Center for Effective Justice Policy Analyst Greg Glod on grand jury reform in Texas. The paper, Balancing the Scales of Due Process: The Conservative Case for Grand Jury Reform in Texas, examines the grand jury system in Texas and offers recommendations of common-sense reforms to bring more balance to grand jury proceedings and expedite the criminal justice system in general.

Press Release November 4, 2016

TPPF Releases Paper on Federal Funds Going to Texas Local Governments

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today released A Glass Darkly: On the Need for Greater Transparency Regarding Federal funds Going Directly to Texas Local Governments. The paper, by Dr. Thomas Lindsay, director of the Center for Higher Education, examines the affect federal funds have on the regulation of Texas’ economy.

Press Release November 4, 2016

TPPF Policy Orientation Panel to Address Policing in Texas

The Texas Public Policy’s (TPPF) Center for Effective Justice will host the panel, “Policing in Texas: Successes, Shortcomings, and a Path Forward” at the 15th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 1:30 pm CST at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol. The panelists will discuss some of the prevalent topics in policing, including militarization, community policing, and focused deterrence, and how these policies can be implemented in a manner that facilitates trust and cooperation with local communities.

Press Release November 2, 2016

TPPF Policy Orientation Panel to Address “Invisible Governments”

The Texas Public Policy’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance will host the panel, “Invisible Government: Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones in Houston,” at the 15th Annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature on Friday, January 13th, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. CST at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol. The panelists will examine the special purpose district type called tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) and the possible reforms needed.

Press Release November 1, 2016

TPPF Launches Center for Families and Children, Announces Brandon Logan as Director

The Texas Public Policy Foundation today launched a new Center for Families and Children, focusing upon family and child-welfare policy in the Lone Star State. The center’s immediate priorities will be to encourage policy-makers to reduce trauma for children in state care, to keep families intact whenever possible, and to engage community organizations in foster care.

Press Release October 31, 2016

TPPF Statement on Houston City Council Endorsement of Pension Reform

The Houston City Council today voted 16 to 1 to approve a resolution endorsing Mayor Sylvester Turner’s pension reform package. The symbolic vote signals local officials’ intent to bring this matter before the 85th Texas Legislature.

Press Release October 26, 2016

TPPF Releases Paper on Public Pension Costs

The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper on public pension costs in Texas by James Quintero, director of the Center for Local Governance, and Marc Joffe, director of Policy Research at the California Policy Center. The paper,Pension Cost Burdens on Texas Cities and Counties, examines the growing costs of public pension obligations for local governments in Texas.  

Press Release October 25, 2016

TPPF Statement on Court’s Ruling that Nashville Short-Term Rental Ordinance is Unconstitutiona

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for the American Future Attorney Chance Weldon issued the following statement on the Eighth Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee ruling today in Anderson v. The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, that Nashville’s short-term rental ordinance is vague and thus unconstitutional.

Press Release October 25, 2016

TPPF Releases Paper on Public Pension Costs

The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released a paper on public pension costs in Texas by James Quintero, director of the Center for Local Governance, and Marc Joffe, director of Policy Research at the California Policy Center. The paper,Pension Cost Burdens on Texas Cities and Counties, examines the growing costs of public pension obligations for local governments in Texas.

Press Release October 24, 2016

TPPF Statement on Expected Rise in Cost of Health Insurance Under Obamacare

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy Director Dr. Deane Waldman issued the following statement on the information released today by the Administration that the cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is expected to rise an average of 25 percent in 2017.  

Press Release October 24, 2016

New Texas jobs report shows unemployment rate at or below the U.S. average for 117 consecutive months

Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released state-level labor market information for September 2016. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement:

Press Release October 21, 2016

TPPF Defends Red River Landowners From Armed Searches

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today filed a response to the Bureau of Land Managements motion to compel access to property owned by TPPF’s clients in Aderholt, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et. al. TPPF’s Center for the American Future represents individual property owners, the counties of Wichita, Clay, and Wilbarger, and the Clay County Sheriff in the lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) unconstitutional and arbitrary seizure of thousands of acres of private property along the Red River in Texas.

Press Release October 20, 2016