Health Care
Testimony: Sunset Bill for DSHS
"Testimony: Sunset Bill for DSHS" is Kate Murphy's testimony before the House Human Services Committee in support of HB 2510.
April 9, 2015
Other
A few facts about Texas’ broken property tax system
In light of today’s hearing in Senate Finance on Senate Bill 182, a measure to bring long-term structural reform to Texas’ property tax system.
April 9, 2015
Other
Historic tax relief discussion continues in Austin
It’s terrific that at this stage of the budget process state officials are discussing how much to return to taxpayers where it belongs relative to how much more they can spend.
April 9, 2015
Energy & Environment
2015 Veritas – Issue 1
A publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation
April 9, 2015
K-12 Education
Parental rights – and choice – are paramount regarding schools
Why should Texas continue to deny parents the right and freedom to select the very best schools for their children? Nothing is more important.
April 9, 2015
Property Rights
Testimony: Local Control and Liberty, HB 2595
"Testimony: Local Control and Liberty, HB 2595" contains Bill Peacock's testimony before the House Committee on Urban Affairs.
April 8, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Spending limit reform a priority in Texas, finally!
Even with a relatively strong economy and fiscally conservative state government during the last decade, there is room to improve Texas’ stance as the model for individual liberty and economic prosperity.
April 8, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Educate voters at the ballot box on debt propositions
Voters aren’t provided with enough information at the ballot box to make an informed decision on debt, and it’s helping to create a tidal wave of red ink.
April 7, 2015
Local Government
Mitch McConnell takes on the EPA
Despite the CPP's destructive impact on the Lone Star State, it is unclear whether the "No SIP" bill will pass this session. Some here, although they oppose the Clean Power Plan and federal overreach generally, believe the best strategy is to wait and see.
April 7, 2015
Other
What do lower oil prices mean for Texas?
Instead of cheering lower gasoline prices, the buzz is the decline in oil prices will lead to a 1980s-style recession and demise of the Texas model’s success.
April 7, 2015
Energy & Environment
EPA’s unprecedented power grab
Complying with EPA's dictates will prove economically ruinous for many states and will result in a dramatic expansion of EPA authority, transforming it into something like Gosplan, the Soviet Union's old central economic-planning agency.
April 6, 2015
Other
Tax relief in Texas needed
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently provided evidence of continued job creation in Texas, but noted that the pace moderated recently from lower oil prices and an appreciating U.S. dollar.
April 6, 2015