New Poll Finds Texas Voters Favor Private School Choice

AUSTIN – School choice may be a contentious topic in the legislature, but a new survey shows more than half of Texas voters (66 percent) favor increasing student access to private schools. The poll, released by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, reveals mixed reviews on the quality of...

TPPF to testify in favor of HB 98

AUSTIN – James Golsan, Policy Analyst at Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Education Policy, will testify before the House Public Education Committee in favor of Senate Bill 2 on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. in room E2.036 of the Texas State Capitol.   “Senate Bill 2 is a positive step toward making...

TPPF to testify in support of SB 2

AUSTIN – Talmadge Heflin, Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Fiscal Policy, will testify in favor of House Joint Resolution 111 before the Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in room E1.030 of the Texas State Capitol. The bill would add additional protection to the state’s Economic Stabilization...

TPPF to testify in favor of HJR 111

AUSTIN – Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D., Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for Higher Education, will testify against Senate Bill 15 before the Higher Education Committee on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. in room E1.014 of the Texas State Capitol. The bill seeks to limit the powers of the Regents of all...

TPPF supports SJR 27

Texas continues to lead the nation in job creation

TPPF Testifies in Favor of HB 1512

Property taken by the government should always be used initially for the public use for which it was taken. “

TPPF statement on Senate passage of SB 1263

TPPF to testify before the House Ways & Means Committee

TPPF’s Mario Loyola to testify before the House Select Committee on Federalism and Fiscal Responsibility in support of HJR 35 and HB 1379

AUSTIN – Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D., Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for Higher Education, will testify before House Higher Education Committee in favor of House Bill 1938, the American History Bill, on April 17, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. in room E1.014 at the Texas State Capitol. HB 1938 would clarify the 1955 Texas...

TPPF to testify in favor of HB 1938

AUSTIN – Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D., Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of the Center for Higher Education, will testify before the Senate Higher Education Committee in favor of Senate Bill 436, the Collegiate Assessment Bill, on April 17, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in room E1.012 at the Texas State Capitol. SB 436 would bring needed transparency...

TPPF to testify in favor of SB 436

AUSTIN – Arlene Wohlgemuth, Director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, will testify before the House Public Health Committee in support of House Bill 2158 on Wednesday, April 17, at 8:00 a.m. in Room E2.012 of the Texas State Capitol. HB 2158 would prevent a provider convicted of...