AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows will serve as the keynote speaker during the Thursday, February 20th breakfast at the Texas Policy Summit. Burrows was elected as the new Speaker of the House at the beginning of this legislative session, and has served as a representative...
Press Release January 30, 2025Former NFL and college football player, Cody Campbell, writes that the challenges that face today’s college sports are complex and “much bigger than just name, image, and license agreements (NIL) and the transfer portal.” “Saving college sports this time will require comprehensive federal legislation that touches some of the most complex areas of law,” says...
Press Release January 29, 2025AUSTIN – Today, Senator Creighton filed Senate Bill 2, which would establish Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) here in Texas. The $1 billion appropriation in the general budget and universal eligibility would make this the largest Day One program in the nation. “Empowering parents through school choice has been a core mission of TPPF since our...
Press Release January 24, 2025AUSTIN – Despite the Supreme Court’s order today, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) remains stayed thanks to the efforts of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. TPPF secured a stay in the Eastern District of Texas earlier this month that is still in effect nationwide. The CTA, part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY...
Press Release January 23, 2025AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that U.S. Senator Ted Cruz will serve as the keynote speaker during the Friday, February 21st closing lunch of the Texas Policy Summit. Since 2013, Senator Cruz has been at the tip of the spear on issues like securing our nation’s borders, making America an energy...
Press Release January 23, 2025Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation commends Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dustin Burrows, and the Texas Senate and House for appropriating $1 billion towards empowering parents with Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). “It is exciting to see both Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Speaker Burrows in alignment on providing Texans with the biggest Day One school...
Press Release January 22, 2025Today, leaders in the Texas House and the Texas Senate introduced substantially similar base budget bills that provide a responsible spending framework for the 2026-27 biennium. Both bills utilize a conservative lens to propose limited spending increases, further tax relief, and advance key priorities, like school choice, border security, and core infrastructure development. “Texas’ economic...
Press Release January 22, 2025AUSTIN — A new survey on Mexico’s security situation reveals overwhelming concerns among Mexican voters about escalating cartel violence, highlighting an urgent demand for action and an openness to U.S. involvement in addressing the crisis. The findings of our Mexico Security Survey show that 78% of Mexican voters believe the country’s security situation presents unacceptable...
Press Release January 21, 2025AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation commends President Trump on signing an executive order officially designating the Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). Over the last decade, the Mexican cartels have unleashed a degree of violence and attained a degree of political influence in Mexico sufficient to compel policymakers in the U.S....
Press Release January 20, 2025AUSTIN – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced its 90-day finding on the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 2015 petition to remove the Golden-Cheeked Warbler from the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (ESA). The FWS found that the petition “present[s] substantial scientific or...
Press Release January 17, 2025AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick will serve as the keynote speaker during the Thursday, February 20th lunch session of the Texas Policy Summit. Dan Patrick’s bold conservative leadership in the Texas Legislature goes back nearly two decades, starting as a senator and becoming the lieutenant governor....
Press Release January 16, 2025AUSTIN – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) under President Biden has reversed a policy that required inspectors to revoke the federal firearms license (“FFL”) of American gun stores over simple paperwork errors and other non-willful violations of the Gun Control Act. Together with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and America First...
Press Release January 16, 2025