TPPF: ‘Smarter Justice, Safer Texas’ Makes Great Progress for Criminal Justice Reform

The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded the package of bipartisan criminal justice reform bills put forward by Speaker Dade Phelan and Speaker Pro-Tem Moody that improve public safety, address law enforcement training, and give opportunities to those who deserve them. “The Speaker’s criminal justice package covers the gamut of incremental improvements that have been proposed...

Press Release April 21, 2021

Border Security Coalition Demands Biden Address Border Crisis

A coalition of more than two dozen former administration officials, former members of Congress, and top policy experts signed a letter to President Joe Biden demanding action to reverse the exploding crisis at the southern border.  The list includes former Acting DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli, former Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan,...

Press Release April 21, 2021

TPPF Releases Video on Border Visit with Texas Delegation

This isn’t mercy—and it’s far from justice. Criminal cartels have been empowered by the Biden administration to extort, brutalize and even murder migrant families on their journeys to the southern U.S. border. TPPF’s Ken Oliver accompanied members of Congress to the border last month. They saw evidence of the sophistication of the criminal cartels that...

Press Release April 20, 2021

POLL: Texans’ Concerns Spike on Border Crisis

The number of Texans who say there is a crisis at the border is the highest it’s been in over a year, with the percentage of those who say it is the most important issue Texas policymakers should address jumping 500% since just last September. The dramatic shift comes less than 100 days into President...

Press Release April 16, 2021

U.S. Must Designate Mexican Drug Cartels “Terrorist Organizations”

Right on Immigration, the immigration policy arm of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), is calling on the Biden administration to designate Mexican drug cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations”. The call for the Mexican drug cartels to be formally designated by the United States as terrorist organization comes as Texas Governor Greg Abbott has also...

Press Release April 15, 2021

TPPF: Senate Bill Passes Prohibition on Using Tax Dollars to Fund Lobbyists

Today, the Texas Senate gave approval to Senate Bill 10, a bill to stop cities and counties from using tax dollars to lobby. By prohibiting certain political subdivisions from using public money to hire registered lobbyists to advocate at the legislature, the Texas Senate has taken a vital step toward ending a pernicious practice that...

Press Release April 15, 2021

Brooke Rollins Returns to TPPF as Senior Advisor, Roberts and Sindelar promoted

The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Brooke L. Rollins, former White House Domestic Policy Advisor and past TPPF President, will be rejoining the foundation as Senior Advisor and on the Board of Directors. Kevin Roberts, who took the helm of TPPF after Rollins, has been elevated to Chief Executive Officer and will also be...

Press Release April 14, 2021

TPPF: Biden Administration Reverses Course on Clarifying Rules for Small Businesses

The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed objections to two proposals of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) that seek to scrap Trump Administration rules that help businesses survive and prosper. The Independent Contractor Rule established straightforward “core factors” for determining whether a person providing services is an “employee” or an “independent contractor” for purposes...

Press Release April 12, 2021

TPPF Applauds Senate Preliminary Passage of Employment Freedom Legislation

The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas Senate’s preliminary passage of Senate Bill 14, a bill to bring uniformity and consistency to the patchwork quilt of local employment regulations. This legislation will allow free-market actors to operate without unnecessary restraints and enable private persons to negotiate their employment benefits without local government interference. “Liberal...

Press Release April 12, 2021

TPPF: Fiscally Responsible Budget Passes Senate 

The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas Senate for passing a responsible state budget in SB 1 for the 2022-23 biennium which provides for necessary state functions, but does not grow beyond the average taxpayer’s ability to pay. Total spending in the bill comes in well below TPPF’s formula for the Conservative Texas Budget and contains...

Press Release April 7, 2021

TPPF: House Health Care Package Improves Outcomes, Lowers Costs

The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded the recently released package of health care reforms in the Texas House that will significantly lower costs, improve health care outcomes, put patients in charge of health care decisions, and make improvements to Medicaid. The group of individual bills rolled out by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan was released with...

Press Release April 7, 2021

TPPF Supports Gov. Abbott’s Executive Order on Vaccine Passports    

The Texas Public Policy Foundation commended Governor Gregg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting state agencies, local governments, and businesses from requiring vaccine “passports” in order for Texans to receive services or enter buildings. Gov. Abbott’s order comes as some groups, such as airline trade unions, have floated the idea of making them required for domestic travel...

Press Release April 6, 2021