The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Senior Policy Analyst Jess Fields testified yesterday before the House Committee on Government Transparency and Operations on four key transparency bills: House Bill 283, House Bill 3041, House Bill 3408, and House Bill 4053.
Press Release April 16, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) will hold a media preview of its new, state-of-the-art headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on Monday, 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.
Press Release April 16, 2015Fortifying the private property rights of landowners in their groundwater in place is a great policy and great addition to statutory law.
Press Release April 15, 2015The Texas Comptroller’s report Your Money and Local Debt estimates that between 2000 and 2009, local debt rose by 144.4 percent while local spending grew by 84 percent. Yet, over the same period, combined population and inflation increases totaled just 44.9 percent.
Press Release April 15, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy Director and former Chairman of the Texas House Committee on Appropriations Talmadge Heflin and TPPF Economist Dr. Vance Ginn are available to discuss reducing the business franchise tax.
Press Release April 15, 2015Today, the Texas Senate passed their version of the 2016-17 total budget of $211.4 billion for a 4.6 percent increase over the current budget. Two weeks ago, the House passed their version of the budget that increased by 3.8 percent to $209.8 billion. These two versions will now go to Conference to resolve any differences. Both versions of the budget reserve revenue for tax relief.
Press Release April 15, 2015The Honorable Talmadge Heflin, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Fiscal Policy and former chairman of the Texas House Committee on Appropriations testified before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee on House Bill 31, relating to decreasing the state sales and use tax rate.
Press Release April 14, 2015Texas Public Policy Foundation Economist Dr. Vance Ginn testified today before the Texas House Ways & Means Committee on House Bill 32, relating to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.
Press Release April 14, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation will celebrate the grand opening of its new headquarters at 901 Congress Avenue on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The celebration will include 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 14, 2015This legislation is a free-market solution that improves access to dental care, creates middle-class jobs, and reduces health care costs.
Press Release April 13, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced Stacy Hock as the newest member of its Board of Directors. She is manager of the Joel & Stacy Hock Charitable Fund, and co-owner of Hock, LLC. She recently moved back to her hometown of Austin from New York City, where she served on the boards of City Harvest and the Bowery Mission.
Press Release April 10, 2015The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero will testify today before the Senate Committee on Finance on Senate Bill 182, a measure to provide long-lasting property tax relief by reducing the rollback rate for cities, counties, and special districts from 8 percent to 4 percent.
Press Release April 9, 2015