Today, the Texas Workforce Commission released the state jobs report for Dec. 2020 in which the Texas unemployment rate fell from 8.1% in Nov. 2020 to 7.2%. “Today’s jobs report for Texas shows some good news for workers and employers in December as employment increased for the eighth straight month and as the unemployment rate dropped to 7.2%,” said TPPF’s Chief Economist Vance...
Press Release January 22, 2021Following Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s roundtable discussing public safety issues, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and its Citizens Defense and Right on Crime campaigns commend the Governor for his support in providing police officers with the best possible training and funding to ensure “a safer future for the state of Texas,” Randy Petersen, Senior Researcher with the Citizens Defense Campaign:...
Press Release January 21, 2021Today, the Texas House and Senate introduced their versions of the 2022-23 budget. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Chief Economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. offered the following statement: “At a time when many Texas families and employers are struggling financially across the state, we are glad to see the Texas Legislature come together to introduce a...
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Sign up for press listToday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) which tells the Legislature the amount of taxpayer dollars available to fund various programs like public safety, education, and health care during the upcoming session which begins Jan. 12. “Given the COVID-19 pandemic and business shutdowns by state and local governments, the Comptroller’s budget forecast, while...
Press Release January 11, 2021Following remarks regarding Medicaid reform by the presumptive Speaker of the House Rep. Dade Phelan, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Director of Right on Healthcare released the following statement: “We applaud the presumptive speaker for his focus on improving Medicaid for eligible recipients, rather than making disastrous reforms to expand the broken program to able-bodied adults. There...
Press Release January 11, 2021Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) announced the Election Protection Project. McCaul and TPPF’s Executive Director Kevin Roberts gave the following statement after the announcement of the project: “The United States is a beacon of hope and sets the standard of democracy for those around the world. As Americans,...
Press Release January 5, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation was among 22 groups and individuals to sign a letter to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services requesting the center codify Section 1332 of Title I of the Affordable Care Act to prevent abrupt changes during Administration shifts. David Balat, the director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right...
Press Release January 4, 2021Today, the White House announced the appointment of Tom Lindsay, Ph.D., to the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission. Lindsay is a distinguished senior fellow of higher education and constitutional studies at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Established by executive order last month, the commission was formed to develop ways to teach future generations the truth about America’s founding, the core...
Press Release December 18, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Just the Facts: Government Debt in Texas’s Most Populous Cities, Counties, and School Districts. “Texas’s largest local governments are awash in public debt,” said TPPF’s James Quintero. “In fiscal year 2019, local governments borrowed a total of $365.3 billion, or more than $12,500 owed for every man, woman,...
Press Release December 17, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report summarizing the results of a multi-day simulation exercise that examined a renewed humanitarian and national security crisis on America’s southern border. The effort assembled two dozen experts to game out what the first nine months of a Biden Administration might see on the U.S.-Mexico border. The team included...
Press Release December 14, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released five papers that together form a responsible strategy for the state’s immediate and long-term economic growth. “These five approaches make for good economic policy anytime,” said TPPF Chief Economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. “But they are especially important as the state recovers from government-imposed shutdowns. Together, these strategies will help return...
Press Release December 10, 2020Yesterday, the State of Texas filed a lawsuit with the United States Supreme Court against the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The case seeks an answer to whether the defendant states violated the Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution by taking non-legislative actions to change the election rules that govern the appointment of presidential electors. “TPPF supports...
Press Release December 8, 2020