TPPF Announces Linda Mays McCaul as Newest Board Member

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced Linda Mays McCaul as the newest member of its Board of Directors.  McCaul, the 15th member of the Board, joins the senior leadership of a policy institution that has seen exceptional growth and influence in the recent past. The wife of U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul, her own professional career is marked by her intellect and leadership in service to her country, including tracking Soviet submarines for U.S. Naval Intelligence and playing an integral role in the destruction of chemical weapons stockpiled in the United States. Additionally, she organized a biological warfare class concentrating on anthrax, Ebola, and small pox for the Central Intelligence Agency. McCaul also serves on the boards of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Austin Greater Crime Commission, and the Texas Department of Safety.              "It is truly an honor and a privilege to join the Board of the Texas Public Policy Foundation,” said McCaul. “I am sincerely honored to do my part for the Lone Star State — and for America — with the extraordinary men and women of the Foundation."             "The exceptional group of liberty-loving Texans on the TPPF Board gets even more distinguished and effective with the accession of Linda Mays McCaul,” said TPPF Board Chairman Dr. Wendy Gramm. “I am so pleased to welcome her to our ranks."              "The Board of the Texas Public Policy Foundation is a collection of men and women who have truly pledged their 'lives, fortunes, and sacred honor' to liberty and the Lone Star,” said TPPF President and CEO Brooke Rollins. “Their support, their counsel, and their wisdom are indispensable to our success, and Linda Mays McCaul will help create a future as accomplished as our past." Dr. Wendy Lee Gramm is chairman of the board of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Brooke L. Rollins is President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation.  The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit free-market research institute based in Austin. Primary website: www.TexasPolicy.com Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/TexasPublicPolicyFoundation Twitter feed: www.Twitter.com/TPPF

Press Release October 27, 2014

TPPF hosts “Rehydrating Texas…

AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host “Rehydrating Texas: Regulatory Reform to Keep Water Flowing for Texans,” on October 16, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas State Capitol Legislative Conference Center located in room E2.002. Over the last 15 years, Texas has made great strides to ensure that the state’s water resources...

Press Release October 10, 2014

TPPF releases “More Law, Less Justice…

AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Effective Justice Senior Policy Analyst Vikrant Reddy on the growing number of non-traditional criminal offenses in state law that are not listed in the state penal code. The paper, More Law, Less Justice: The Proliferation of Non-Traditional Crimes in the Texas...

Press Release October 10, 2014

TPPF releases “Destroying the School-to-Prison Pipeline”

AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Education Freedom Policy Analyst Michael Barba and Center for Effective Justice Policy Analyst Derek Cohen on how school choice helps keep kids in school and out of the juvenile justice system.  The paper, “Destroying the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” examines school choice as...

Press Release October 10, 2014

TPPF’s Derek Cohen to testify before Texas House Corrections Committee

AUSTIN – Derek Cohen, Policy Analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice, will testify before the Texas House Corrections Committee on Wednesday, October 8, at 1:00 p.m. Central Time in Room E2.012 of the Texas State Capitol. The hearing will review the correctional facilities and processes within the Texas Juvenile Justice...

Press Release October 10, 2014

TPPF releases “Accountability in Education: Who is Responsible?”

AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf and Senior Fellow Allan Parker on the lack of ultimate responsibility for success in education. The paper, “Accountability in Education: Who is Responsible?” discusses how choice in education provides the best system of accountability.    ...

Press Release October 9, 2014

Accountability In Education: Who Is Responsible?

Meaningful education reform requires cooperation not compulsion.

Press Release October 8, 2014

Destroying the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Students who are at high risk of entering the justice system later in life can be helped long before they become criminals. One component in helping these children graduate and live fulfilling lives is school choice.

Press Release October 7, 2014

More Law, Less Justice

There are over 1,500 “crimes” listed outside the Texas Penal Code. Texas should establish a commission to review these offenses and recommend which can be placed within the Code—and which can be abolished altogether.

Press Release October 6, 2014

TPPF releases “EPA as Overlord of U.S. Electric Power”

AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director Kathleen Hartnett White on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP). 

Press Release October 6, 2014

Texas Public Policy Foundation releases “Legislator’s Guide to the Issues” for the 84th Texas Legislature

AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation unveiled the 2015-16 “Legislator’s Guide to the Issues” a series of recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature that will keep Texas at the forefront of liberty, prosperity, and economic growth.   “The Texas Model of low spending and taxes, a low level of regulation, a fair and...

Press Release October 3, 2014

TPPF releases Two Papers on Texas Water Usage and Regulation

AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released two reports by Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Josiah Neeley on regulating water rights and usage in Texas. The first paper, Water Rights Amendments: Changing Times, Changing Uses, asks lawmakers to specify that surface water right amendments for change of use are automatic,...

Press Release October 2, 2014