Last Friday, the Texas Workforce Commission released Texas labor market information for April 2016. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Economist Dr. Vance Ginn issued the following statement.
Press Release May 23, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a Policy Primer titled “Dare to Care: Expanding Scope of Practice to Fill in the Gaps in the Mental Health Workforce” TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Joe B. Hogsett Theater.
Press Release May 23, 2016Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper by Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Articles VIII, IX, and X that include regulatory, general provisions, and legislature functions, respectively, in Texas’ state budget. The paper, Texas Budget Trends in Articles VIII-X, is the sixth of six in a series that examines trends in each article of the Texas budget.
Press Release May 23, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice Policy Analyst Greg Glod issued the following statement on the Austin City Council vote last Thursday to postpone approval of purchasing Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) with civil asset forfeiture funds procured by the Austin City Police Department.
Press Release May 23, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Kathleen Hartnett White and Director of the Fueling Freedom Project Doug Domenech today issued the following statements in regards to Congress taking up H.R. 3880, The Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015.
Press Release May 19, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero and Policy Analyst Allegra Hill gave invited testimony today before the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations on an interim charge examining involuntary annexation and make recommendations to improve the process to strengthen private property rights.
Press Release May 19, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Governor Greg Abbott on his book, Broken But Unbowed, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release May 18, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin will testify before the Texas House Appropriations Committee, Wednesday, May 18, at 10:00 a.m. CDT in room E1.030 of the Texas State Capitol. Mr. Heflin will give invited testimony on an interim charge to recommend reforms for strengthening the state’s spending.
Press Release May 18, 2016Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin will testify before the Texas House Appropriations Committee TODAY, Wednesday, May 18, at 10:00 a.m. CDT in room E1.030 of the Texas State Capitol. Mr. Heflin will give invited testimony on an interim charge to recommend reforms for strengthening the state’s spending.
Press Release May 18, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Governor Greg Abbott on his book, Broken But Unbowed, TODAY, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release May 18, 2016The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Governor Greg Abbott on his book, Broken But Unbowed, TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Press Release May 17, 2016Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper by Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Articles VI and VII that include natural resources and business and economic development functions in Texas’ state budget. The paper, Texas Budget Trends in Articles VI and VII, is the fifth of six in a series that examines trends in each article of the Texas budget.
Press Release May 17, 2016