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TPPF Legislative Update Recap

Thursday, June 8th, 2017

Tuesday I attended the Texas Public Policy Foundation‘s Legislative Update following the close of the regular 85th Texas Legislative Session. I meant to live-blog it, but I neglected to get the WiFi password before it started, so I ended up live-tweeting it from my iPhone instead.

So here’s a recap in tweet form of what was discussed.

The panel was introduced by TPPF Executive Vice President Dr. Kevin Roberts.

Next was Dr. Vance Ginn, economist at the center for Public Policy.

Next was James Quintero, who you may remember from this interview on the Texas municipal debt crisis.

That was Gov. Abbott’s call for a special session, and one of the items on his agenda was indeed property tax reform.

Next was Stephanie Matthews, Senior Policy Advisor of the Center for Education Freedom.

ESA mentioned here stands for Education Savings Accounts.

Next was Dr. Derek Cohen, Deputy Director of the Center for Effective Justice.

The final panelist was Brandon Logan, Director of the Center for Families and Children.

In case it’s unclear from the tweet, Logan was not enthused at the prospect of CPS using predictive analytics.

I hope these tweets give you at least the gist of what was discussed.

If you want to attend yourself, the Legislative Update has other dates around the state open to the public, so sign up for free tickets in advance if you’re interested.