AUSTIN — The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas State Board of Education for greenlighting four new open-enrollment charter districts. The SBOE voted today to take no action on four out of five schools that TEA recommended for a charter grant. “Parents deserve to be able to send their children to a school that meets...
Press Release June 28, 2024AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and other state-based think tanks sent a coalition letter to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce stating their support for the spirit of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024. TPPF is joined by the Roughrider Policy Center, Rhode Island Center For Freedom & Prosperity,...
Press Release June 17, 2024The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement regarding the Texas Conservative Commitment, a set of policy goals for the 89th Texas Legislative Session. “We are thrilled to see Texas conservatives coming together over a positive and pro-active policy agenda for the next session. Each issue is not only critically urgent...
Press Release June 14, 2024Washington, D.C. — Today, the National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA) released its first-ever study, which evaluates the realities of the ongoing push for an all-electric vehicle (EV) future. The study documents the overlooked and enormous physical and economic challenges of attempting to rapidly deploy an all-EV infrastructure to replicate the fueling convenience of today’s distribution...
Press Release June 7, 2024The Texas Education Agency has revitalized the state school system through HB 1605. The legislation strengthened parental rights, ensured school materials were age appropriate, and directed TEA to establish a set of state-owned curriculum. Here’s what policymakers, experts, and the media are saying about the recently published high-quality instructional material from TEA: “We, the undersigned...
Press Release June 6, 2024AUSTIN — President Biden announced new actions on the border today, though those actions are too little, too late. The order seeks to “bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum.” In a strongly worded press release, the White House asserted that President Biden has “acted to secure our border,” though all of his...
Press Release June 4, 2024The Texas Education Agency’s new high-quality instructional materials will significantly improve educational outcomes and provide tremendous support for teachers, according to the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer Greg Sindelar. TEA recently published the revised materials as part of a new review process passed by the Texas Legislature last year. The revised materials align...
Press Release May 29, 2024AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed two lawsuits in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging EPA’s stringent new rules governing greenhouse gas emissions from trucks and cars. Together, the two rules require that at least 30% of trucks and 70% of cars be all-electric by 2032. The...
Press Release May 23, 2024Mark P. Mills, Executive Director for the National Center for Energy Analytics and TPPF Distinguished Senior Fellow, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on how modern technology and artificial intelligence (AI) create growing electricity demand and present challenges for the electric grid. Highlights from his testimony can be found below:...
Press Release May 21, 2024WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Mark P. Mills, Executive Director for the National Center for Energy Analytics and TPPF Distinguished Senior Fellow, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. WHAT: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Full Committee Hearing to Examine the Opportunities, Risks,...
Press Release May 20, 2024Today, TPPF’s David Dunmoyer, Campaign Director for the Better Tech for Tomorrow campaign, will provide invited testimony before the Texas Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee on the importance of modernizing cybersecurity for Texas’ water infrastructure. “Rogue foreign actors from countries like Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are specifically targeting the water sector in...
Press Release May 15, 2024Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for stepping forward to protect female-only spaces and organizations in Texas. The Department of Education recently announced a new federal rule that would force schools receiving federal funding to allow men claiming to be women into areas such as...
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