TODAY: TPPF’s Talmadge Heflin to testify before Texas Senate Finance Committee

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin will testify before the Texas Senate Finance Committee TODAY, Tuesday, May 17, at 10:00 a.m. CDT in room E1.036 of the Texas State Capitol. Mr. Heflin will give invited testimony on an interim charge to recommend reforms for strengthening the state’s spending limit and consider options for providing tax relief with available revenue above the limit.  

Press Release May 17, 2016

TPPF statement on Texas Attorney General intervening in First Amendment case

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) issued the following statement from the Honorable Robert Henneke, general counsel and director of TPPF’s Center for the American Future, on the Texas Attorney General with the state of Alabama filing an intervention asking a state judge to end the investigation against ExxonMobil by Claude Earl Walker, Attorney General of the Virgin Islands. Walker issued a subpoena for over 40 years of ExxonMobil records, alleging the company has engaged in racketeering due to its position on climate change. The subpoena was issued as part of an effort by a coalition of state attorney generals seeking to investigate energy companies and non-profit research institutes based on their opinions regarding anthropogenic climate change.

Press Release May 17, 2016

WEDNESDAY: TPPF hosts book discussion and signing with Texas Governor Greg Abbott

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will host a book discussion with Governor Greg Abbott on his book, Broken But Unbowed, on WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm CDT in the Joe B. Hogsett Theater at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Press Release May 16, 2016

TPPF statement on school finance ruling

The Texas Public Policy Foundation's General Counsel Robert Henneke, Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf, and Policy Analyst Michael Barba today responded to the Texas Supreme Court ruling on Texas school finance.

Press Release May 13, 2016

Texas Public Policy Foundation files Amicus Brief on City of McKinney overreach

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) filed an amicus curiae brief in Arch Resorts, LLC v. City of McKinney, opposing the City of McKinney's attempt to apply its building codes and permitting requirements to land outside city limits without statutory authority. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for today, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. 

Press Release May 11, 2016

TPPF statement on reforming the EPA’s Ozone standards to save American jobs

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Kathleen Hartnett White, distinguished senior fellow-in-residence and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment, and Doug Domenech, director of the Fueling Freedom Project, today issued the following statements on reforming the rulemaking process for ozone and other pollutants regulated under the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).

Press Release May 11, 2016

TPPF releases spotlight paper on Texas budget trends in Articles IV & V

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper by Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Articles IV and V, which include the judiciary, public safety, and criminal justice in Texas’ state budget. The paper,Texas Budget Trends in Articles IV and V, is the fourth of six in a series that examines trends in each article of the Texas budget.

Press Release May 10, 2016

Texas Public Policy Foundation releases paper debunking myths about forced annexation

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today released a paper on forced annexation by Allegra Hill, policy analyst for the Center for Local Governance at TPPF. The paper, “Mythbusters: Annexation,” identifies and clarifies common arguments made by proponents of unilateral annexation.

Press Release May 10, 2016

TPPF releases spotlight paper on Texas budget trends in education

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper by Center for Fiscal Policy Director Talmadge Heflin and Economist Dr. Vance Ginn on Article III, which includes education in Texas’ state budget. The paper, Texas Budget Trends in Article III, is the third of six in a series that examines trends in each article of the Texas budget.

Press Release May 4, 2016

TPPF statement on court granting motion to intervene in Bone Cave Harvestman Lawsuit

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF)’s General Counsel and Director of the Center for the American Future (CAF) Robert Henneke issued to following statement on the court order granting CAF client’s motion to intervene in the pending lawsuit seeking delisting of the Bone Cave Harvestman from the Endangered Species Act.

Press Release April 29, 2016

TPPF statement on passage of Oklahoma resolution calling for Article V Convention

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Dr. Thomas Lindsay, director of the Center for 10th Amendment Action, issued the following statement on the Oklahoma Senate passing legislation calling for a convention of states to propose amendments under Article V of the United States Constitution.

Press Release April 28, 2016

THIS MORNING: TPPF hosts policy primer on ridesharing in Austin

The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host a Policy Primer discussing “Is Big Government Driving Out Ridesharing?” TODAY, Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Joe B. Hogsett Theater.

Press Release April 28, 2016