TxLege Review on Sunshine Week, Bad Occ Licensing Bills, CJ Reforms: Let People Prosper Ep 80

3/11/2019

In this Let People Prosper episode, James Quintero, Derek Cohen, and I go over this week's key issues in the Texas Legislature.

These include issues related to the following:

Good criminal justice reforms in HB 64, HB 566, HB 691, and HB 1653;
Good superintendent severance pay limitation in HB 880;
Sunshine Week for government transparency highlighted in Quintero's Statesman piece;
Bad bills related to expanding scope of occupational licensing in HB 1311, HB 1520, HB 1523, HB 1670, & HB 1675;
Good reforms to land use discretion in HB 794, HB 1743, HB 1970, and HB 1978; and
Overview of President Trump's FY 2020 budget that would help rein in government spending.

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Vance Ginn, Ph.D.
Chief Economist
TPPF
#LetPeopleProsper

Dr. Ginn is a free-market, classical liberal economist with a passion for providing abundant opportunities for people to prosper, which includes promoting policy rules and removing government barriers.

He grew up in South Houston, Texas where he attended private school, public school and home school, was a hard rock drummer, and was a first generation college graduate from Texas Tech University.

Dr. Ginn's a recovering academic and a public policy nerd.

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