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

TPPF: HB 567 Strengthens and Protects Families

HB 567 prioritizes preserving and strengthening struggling families over removing children into foster care.

Press Release April 1, 2021

TPPF Applauds Passage of SB 28 to Full Senate

SB 28 would prevent cities from adopting policies intended to prevent charter districts from operating on equal terms with other districts.

Press Release April 1, 2021

TPPF: Texas Leading the Way on Health Care Price Transparency 

The Texas Public Policy Foundation celebrated a unanimous vote in the Texas Senate for reform that requires hospitals to disclose negotiated rates. The bill, SB 1137, is a huge step forward in creating a transparent market for health care that obligates providers to tell patients what treatments and procedures cost before they are performed. According to a TPPF...

Press Release March 31, 2021

TPPF Supports Texas Attorney General Defense Of “Public Charge” Rule

The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced its support for Texas Attorney General’s U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit defending the public charge rule. The rule limits entry into the United States from those who are likely to become dependent on government benefits.   TPPF’s Robert Henneke released the following statement:   “America cannot be a welfare program for the world....

Press Release March 31, 2021

TPPF Joins Texas CODEL at the Southern Border 

The Texas Public Policy Foundation joined a group of more than a dozen members of the Texas congressional delegation at the southern border to learn more about the growing crisis and provide input on potential solutions. Members of TPPF’s Right on Immigration campaign have been sounding the alarm for months about the Biden Administration’s disastrous...

Press Release March 30, 2021

Free-Market Policy Groups Ask Yellen to Respect State Powers

More than three dozen state-based and national public policy organizations wrote to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to express concerns that the American Rescue Plan Act unconstitutionally undermines the power of states to determine their own tax laws. In the letter to Secretary Janet Yellen, the heads of 42 different groups...

Press Release March 24, 2021

New TPPF Study Highlights National Climate Assessment’s Faulty Science  

The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a new research paper analyzing several systemic errors in the federal government’s National Climate Assessment. With a new assessment currently being drafted under the direction of the Biden administration and slated for completion in 2023, The Fourth National Climate Assessment: A Crisis of Its Own Making is a timely...

Press Release March 24, 2021