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TPPF Experts Available for Election Day Analysis

Sherry Sylvester, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, along with TPPF National Election Protection Project Director Josh Findlay, will be available Election Night and on March 6 to comment on the policy implications of the March 5 Primary in Texas, along with insight into election process and turnout data analysis. Sherry’s bio: https://www.texaspolicy.com/about/staff/sherry-sylvester-2/ Josh’s bio: https://www.texaspolicy.com/about/staff/josh-findlay/...

Press Release March 5, 2024

TPPF Announces Energy Policy Priorities for the 89th Legislative Session

AUSTIN — The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Life:Powered campaign announced its policy priorities for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session. The campaign focuses on making energy more reliable and affordable, as well as improving Texans’ energy IQ across the state. Life:Powered has worked on several successful reforms such as making the electric grid more reliable, combatting...

Press Release March 4, 2024

Declaración de TPPF sobre el mandato judicial de la Ley 4 del Senado

Tras la apelación del estado de Texas a una orden judicial preliminar anunciada ayer que busca temporalmente impedir que Texas implemente el Proyecto de Ley 4 del Senado, la Directora de la campaña “Frontera Segura y Soberana” de TPPF, Selene Rodríguez, emitió la siguiente declaración: “El proyecto de ley 4 del Senado establece nuevos delitos...

Press Release March 1, 2024

TPPF Statement on Senate Bill 4 Injunction

Following the state of Texas appealing a preliminary injunction announced today which would seek to temporarily prevent Texas from implementing Senate Bill 4, TPPF Secure and Sovereign Frontier Campaign Director Selene Rodriguez issued the following statement:  “Senate Bill 4 creates new state offenses for entering or re-entering the state illegally from a foreign country and...

Press Release February 29, 2024

TPPF: Court Concludes Congressional Proxy Voting Rule Is Unconstitutional

AUSTIN – Today, a U.S. District Court issued its final judgment in Texas v. Garland, which was a challenge to the U.S. House’s proxy voting rule under the Quorum Clause of the Constitution. In its final judgment, the Court concluded that U.S. House members must be physically present for their vote to comply with the...

Press Release February 27, 2024

TPPF Announces Tax, Spending, and Local Government Policy Priorities

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Taxpayer Protection Project released its full agenda for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session. The campaign focuses on tax, spending, and local government policies that reduce the government burden on Texans.  In past sessions, it has successfully advocated for the largest property tax cut in state history, restoring individual liberty to...

Press Release February 27, 2024

TPPF Commends Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dade Phelan on Their Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council Appointments

Governor Greg Abbott appointed members to Texas’ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. This council stems from Rep. Giovanni Capriglione’s House Bill 2060, which tasks this group of experts with taking inventory of state agency use of AI and determining the need for a code of ethics for AI systems used in state government. The members include...

Press Release February 26, 2024

TPPF Announces Tech Policy Priorities for the 89th Texas Legislative Session

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Better Tech for Tomorrow campaign released its full agenda for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session. The campaign evaluates policy solutions through the lens of promoting civic virtue, protecting individual privacy, and ensuring the security, autonomy, and dignity of Texans. In recent years, TPPF’s work on tech policy has resulted in...

Press Release February 22, 2024

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to Speak at Texas Policy Summit

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will be a keynote speaker for the Thursday, March 21st lunch session of the annual Texas Policy Summit. Lt. Gov. Patrick, a long-time champion in the state Senate for conservative principles, will discuss the highly successful 88th Legislative Session, what the Legislature still...

Press Release February 22, 2024

District Court Set to Decide Whether Moab Area Off-Roading Trails Remain Open

SALT LAKE CITY – Today, Utah’s federal district court held a hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction to leave 317 miles of public off-roading trails in the Moab, Utah area open, as the Bureau of Land Management seeks to permanently close them. If the trails were to close, they would likely disappear due...

Press Release February 21, 2024

Public Sector Unions Receiving Tax Dollars Violates Texas Constitution’s “Gift Clause”

AUSTIN – Today, attorneys from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Goldwater Institute delivered oral arguments before the Supreme Court of Texas in Borgelt v. Austin Firefighters Association. The case examines the constitutionality of public sector labor unions’ “release time” scheme, which forces taxpayers to pay union organizers’ salaries and finance their activities. Under...

Press Release February 21, 2024

Media Advisory: Texas Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public Sector Unions Receiving Tax Dollars

AUSTIN – The Supreme Court of Texas is set to hear oral arguments on public sector labor unions’ “release time” scheme, which forces taxpayers to pay union organizers’ salaries and finance their activities. The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Goldwater Institute are representing taxpayers in the case. Under release time, government agencies “release” employees...

Press Release February 20, 2024