The Texas Public Policy Foundation holds its third orientation for the legislators

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (Wikipedia) is one of the state's most influential think tanks and is heavily funded by conservative groups and individuals to develop policy recommendations to the state and the legislature.

This is the third time they've held an orientation for legislature at the beginning of the session. Governor Perry gave the keynote and a large number of legislators attended. Click here for background of past meetings

Here's Perry's address:





The TPPF has published a summary of what they would like to see the legislature accomplish this session. Click here to read through it. It might be helpful to balance their priorities with those of the Center for Pubhlic Priorities - a liberal leaning Texas think tank. I can't find a similar document right now - but I'll keep looking.