AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released Putting the Student First – School Finance for Texas. This report, authored by Foundation Senior Fellow James Golsan, discusses the history and future of school finance in the Lone Star State. “School finance is a complex, contentious issue that has been argued in the Texas courts, repeatedly re-worked,...
Press Release July 28, 2014AUSTIN – Texas Public Policy Foundation Vice President of Research Bill Peacock testified in front of the Economic Development Incentives Commitee of the Texas House of Representatives this morning on the unintended consequences of government spending. “The real cause of poverty—the unchecked power of the state against poor people without rights—is confirmed by the...
Press Release July 23, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report today by Managing Editor Carine Martinez-Gouhier and Vice President of Research Bill Peacock highlighting the burden of franchise fees on the Texan consumer. “Cities claim that franchise fees are a kind of ‘rent’ for the use of public right-of-ways,” said Vice President of Research...
Press Release July 22, 2014Every year, municipalities levy hundreds of millions of dollars on utilities in right-of-way (ROW) fees, largely in excess of what is needed for the maintenance of ROWs. Consumers end up paying the bill. “
Press Release July 21, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation joined its allies in the Conservative Texas Budget coalition Tuesday in the release of The Conservative Texas Budget. The report recommends capping the growth of state funds and all funds for the 2016-17 biennium at 6.2 percent. The Foundation’s Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy, and Dr....
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AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation joined its allies in The Conservative Texas Budget coalition today in the release of The Conservative Texas Budget. This report establishes recommended limits on the growth of state funds and all funds for the 2016-17 biennium. The Foundation’s Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy and Dr. Vance Ginn,...
Press Release July 15, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced today that attorney Kate E. Murphy has joined the Foundation as a Hogg Foundation Mental Health Fellow through the Hogg Mental Health Policy Fellow Grants program. The program provides recent graduates of law, social work, public policy or other graduate programs with intensive training, education and experience...
Press Release July 2, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced today that attorney Kate E. Murphy has joined the Foundation as a Hogg Foundation Mental Health Fellow through the Hogg Mental Health Policy Fellow Grants program. The program provides recent graduates of law, social work, public policy or other graduate programs with intensive training, education and experience...
Press Release July 2, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director for the Armstrong Center for Energy and Environment issued this statement regarding The Aransas Project v. Shaw verdict: “Yesterday's decision represents a major victory both for Texas and for the rule of law. Had the district court's ruling been allowed to stand,...
Press Release July 1, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today released Texas Education: Original Intent of Texas Constitution. Written by the Honorable Kent Grusendorf, Senior Fellow for Education, the paper examines the history of education policy in Texas. It focuses especially on the original intent of the Texas Constitution’s requirement for the state legislature’s “support and maintenance of...
Press Release June 30, 2014Texas Mayors Call for Climate Change Action at the U.S. Conference of Mayors
Press Release June 24, 2014