Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the upcoming Parental Empowerment Leadership Summit, bringing together parents and legislators to preview the upcoming special session and lay out how they will forge the path forward to empower parents with transparency, respect and choice in the state’s education system. Featuring legislators such as Rep. James Frank, Sen....
Press Release October 3, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation honors Texas’ Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month by remembering the victims of this debilitating crisis and advocating for common sense policies to help prevent more deaths nationwide. Policy Director for Secure & Sovereign Frontier Selene Rodriguez released the following statement: “Fentanyl is rapidly becoming more available to every man, woman,...
Press Release October 2, 2023AUSTIN – This week, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and The American Stewards of Liberty (ASL) jointly filed a comment opposing the Biden Administration Council of Environmental Quality proposed rule modifying the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). TPPF and ASL object that the proposed rule disproportionately emphasizes climate change considerations in the NEPA process....
Press Release October 2, 2023AUSTIN — This week, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a comment with the Department of Energy, criticizing its proposed rule regarding water heaters. The proposed rule will deprive American consumers of options by effectively removing an entire class of water heaters from the market. The Department did so based on an assumption that consumers...
Press Release September 29, 2023AUSTIN — The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and America First Legal (AFL) are celebrating a lower court’s decision to reject the Department of Justice’s request to dismiss a case against ATF overreach. TPPF and AFL are representing an Austin gun store owner, Michael Cargill, on behalf of Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders across the...
Press Release September 28, 2023AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a brief with the Texas Supreme Court, requesting the Court to overturn a recent lower court decision which held that all violations of Article 1, Section 2 of the Texas Bill of Rights are unreviewable by Texas Courts. The lower court’s unprecedented decision, which applied a federal...
Press Release September 20, 2023Today, in honor of Constitution Day, the Texas Public Policy released new research, focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The new paper, “DEI Versus the Declaration of Independence,” tackles the collision course between DEI programs and the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. “America stands at a crossroads:...
Press Release September 17, 2023This week, TPPF’s Center for the American Future and Right on Healthcare filed a comment warning federal agencies that a proposed rule, if finalized, would be unlawful, disastrous policy, and an invitation for litigation. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Labor, and Internal Revenue Service issued a proposed rule that would effectively...
Press Release September 15, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced today that Julie Warren has been named as the Vice President of State Affairs for its expanded States Trust campaign. Warren has been with the Texas Public Policy Foundation since 2017, having previously served as the Deputy Director for TPPF’s national Right on Crime campaign which oversees work...
Press Release September 12, 2023On July 3, 2023, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (the “Service”) proposed to list the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as an endangered species. TPPF submitted comments to the Service showing that such a listing would be unlawful, unnecessary, arbitrary, and capricious because the is no scientific evidence demonstrating that the lizard is or soon...
Press Release September 5, 2023Following Katy Independent School District’s Wednesday evening vote on a new gender notification policy, TPPF Associate Vice President of Policy Andrew Brown released the following statement: “We applaud Katy ISD for its decision to require educators to notify parents when their children identify as transgender or express gender confusion at school. This policy recognizes that...
Press Release September 1, 2023AUSTIN — Today’s ruling from a district court judge in Travis County that House Bill 2127, 88th Regular Legislative Session, is unconstitutional was not unexpected, but is wholly inconsistent with Texas Constitutional law. The Texas Supreme Court has consistently ruled in prior cases that the Texas Legislature has the “prerogative” to decide “whether uniform statewide regulation...
Press Release August 30, 2023