The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Economic Freedom Policy Analyst Kathleen Hunker testified today before the Texas House Insurance Committee on House Bill 3646, relating to insurance claims and certain prohibited acts and practices in or in relation to the business of insurance; amending provisions that are or may be subject to a criminal penalty.
Press Release April 22, 2015A new poll released today by the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy shows voters strongly support dental workforce reform in Texas through the creation of licensed dental hygiene practitioners (DHPs). These midlevel providers would be trained to work under the supervision of a dentist to provide restorative and routine dental services like filling cavities, extracting teeth, and administering local anesthesia.
Press Release April 21, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation Director of the Center for Education Freedom Kent Grusendorf issued a statement on the passage today in the Texas Senate of Senate Bill 4, which would create Tax Credit Scholarships for parents or legal guardians of eligible students to use to pay for the costs of attending a private school.
Press Release April 21, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue TODAY, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The celebration includes a lunch with Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton followed by a Policy Primer on Entrepreneurship and the Texas Future featuring renowned Texas entrepreneur and philanthropist Red McCombs, Texas oilman and President of Henry Resources Jim Henry, and TPPF founder and Chairman Emeritus of the medical-device firm Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Dr. Jim Leininger.
Press Release April 21, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) Vice President of Research and Director of the Center for Economic Freedom Bill Peacock and TPPF Armstrong Center for Energy and Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson testified today before the Texas House International Trade & Governmental Affairs Committee on House Bills 2078, 2080, and 2571.
Press Release April 20, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero will testify before the House Committee on Pensions TODAY, Monday, April 20th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. or upon final adjournment in Room E2.028 at the Texas State Capitol. Quintero will testify on House Bill 2608, which would restore control of pensions to the respective localities.
Press Release April 20, 2015The celebration includes a lunch with Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton followed by a Policy Primer on Entrepreneurship and the Texas Future featuring renowned Texas entrepreneur and philanthropist Red McCombs, Texas oilman and President of Henry Resources Jim Henry, and TPPF founder and Chairman Emeritus of the medical-device firm Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Dr. Jim Leininger.
Press Release April 20, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and its allies will hold a press conference on TODAY, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. CDT, in the Speaker’s Committee Room in the Texas State Capitol. Members of the local pension reform coalition will call for decisive action from the 84th Texas Legislature to restore local control of state-governed municipal retirement systems.
Press Release April 20, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media preview of its new, state-of-the-art headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on TODAY, April 20, 2015 at 10:30 am CDT. A day ahead of its grand opening, TPPF will open its doors for an exclusive media tour of the Michael S. Stevens Building, just 352 yards from the State Capitol and approximately 42,000 square feet covering six floors. The Michael S. Stevens Building houses the Joe B. Hogsett Theater, the Red McCombs Event Center, and the Governor Rick Perry Liberty Balcony with wrap-around views of downtown and the state capitol.
Press Release April 20, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation and its allies will hold a press conference on MONDAY, April 20, at 1:00 p.m. CDT, in the Speaker’s Committee Room in the Texas State Capitol. Members of the local pension reform coalition will call for decisive action from the 84th Texas Legislature to restore local control of state-governed municipal retirement systems.
Press Release April 17, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.
Press Release April 17, 2015During the last twelve months, Texas created 327,500 jobs for a 2.9 percent annual increase contributing to a drop in the state’s unemployment rate to 4.2 percent that has now been at or below the national average for 99 consecutive months.
Press Release April 17, 2015