Texas Public Policy Foundation releases paper on affordable housing

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today released a paper on affordable housing in Texas by Kathleen Hunker, senior policy analyst for the Center for Economic Freedom at TPPF. The paper, “Bringing Down the Housing Restrictions,” examines the impact of excessive regulation on housing prices. It argues that the crunch felt by urban families in Austin and throughout Texas stems from unnecessary costs added by central planning.

Press Release May 31, 2016

Texas Public Policy Foundation statement on SCOTUS ruling in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future Attorney Chance Weldon issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court of the United States’s ruling in the United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. case this morning.

Press Release May 31, 2016

TPPF hosts policy primer on mental health care workforce

The 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”, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Joe B. Hogsett Theater.

Press Release May 24, 2016

TPPF hosts policy primer on mental health care workforce

The 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”, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Joe B. Hogsett Theater.

Press Release May 24, 2016

TPPF announces release of Kathleen Hartnett White’s book, “Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy”

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced the release of Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy (Regnery Publishing; 978-1621574095; 2016) by Kathleen Hartnett White, distinguished senior fellow-in-residence and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment at TPPF, and Steve Moore, distinguished visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation. The book debunks myths about fossil fuels and explains how oil, natural gas, and coal are irreplaceable and have the power to unleash an economic revival for America.

Press Release May 23, 2016

New Texas jobs report shows unemployment rate at or below U.S. average for 112 consecutive months

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, 2016

TOMORROW: TPPF hosts policy primer on mental health care workforce

The 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, 2016

TPPF releases spotlight paper on Texas budget trends in Articles VIII-X

Today, 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, 2016

TPPF statement on Austin City Council’s postponement of purchase approval using civil asset forfeiture funds

Texas 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, 2016

TPPF signs letter asking Congress to vote on H.R. 3880

The 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, 2016

TPPF’s Allegra Hill, James Quintero testify on forced annexation

Texas 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, 2016

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, 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, 2016