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Talmadge Heflin

Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation

Talmadge Heflin is the director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. He previously served as a state representative from 1983 to 2005.

Latest Columns

Government

How to fix property taxes: Get rid of them

By Talmadge Heflin, Nov. 17, 2014

Swapping property taxes with a reformed sales tax would boost the state's economy and increase opportunity for all Texans. Here's how it'd work.

Government

What a real conservative budget looks like

By Talmadge Heflin, July 16, 2014

The state will likely have billions of dollars in excess tax revenue in its coffers next year. Instead of using that money to make government bigger, however, legislators must limit state spending growth. Here's how.