Letter to 84th Texas Legislature

June 10, 2015

Letter from Texas Public Policy Foundation President and CEO Brooke Rollins to 84^thTexas Legislature on the passage of a conservative Texas budget.

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Historic Tax Relief Package Takes Shape

The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House have all stressed the importance of property tax relief. The Comptroller too. And now the Texas Legislature has weighed in. Yesterday, the House and the Senate released their introduced budgets (see here and here), providing an outline of the tax relief package that could be...

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Austin Council Members Give Themselves Huge Pay Raise Amidst Affordability Crisis

The political elite continues to prove how out of touch they are with the needs of regular Americans, evidenced today by Austin City Council members who have approved a whopping 40% salary increase for themselves in the midst of an affordability crisis in the city of Austin. While Austin council members are preoccupied with how to...

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Strengthening Homeless Families

Texas should adopt the McKinney-Vento homeless definition to maximize support for children and youth by ensuring they are counted and have access to effective interventions to break the cycle of poverty permanently. Key points – Based on how it defines a homeless family, the HUD PIT Count underestimates the scope of the homelessness problem Texas...

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