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.
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TPPF
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Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is chief economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. He earned his doctorate in economics at Texas Tech University and has an accomplished career as a policy director and university lecturer with experience in public policy, academia, and government. From 2019 to 2020, Dr. Ginn served as the Associate Director for Economic Policy of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the Executive Office of the President during the Trump administration.

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