Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced a red-carpet premiere event for the next three episodes of their Forging Texas series. The event, featuring an address from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, will showcase four unique stories of Texas history and honor those who made Texas Texan. “Texas is the extension of America’s founding, based...
Press Release November 1, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas State District Court decision in Potter County, declaring the city of Amarillo’s use of nonvoter approved debt instruments such as tax anticipation notes unlawful. The final judgment, coming from the 320th Judicial District in Potter County, struck down an attempt to finance a convention center expansion...
Press Release October 26, 2022Instead of tackling the real causes of violent crime, the Biden administration has declared war on firearm dealers across the country, revoking their licenses for inadvertent paperwork errors rather than actual illegal activity. Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, representing Central Texas Gun Works, announced a new lawsuit to combat the attacks on lawful gun...
Press Release October 19, 2022As the federal government becomes increasingly more absent and ineffective on the southern U.S. border, relationships between states and the Mexican government become important tools to fill the gap left behind. According to new research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, “Texas-Mexico Relationships: Understanding the Ties,” the relationship between Texas and Mexico is the prime...
Press Release October 4, 2022Texas will spend nearly $3 billion securing the border in the 2022-2023 biennium, more than three and a half times what it spent just five years ago, for what is primarily a federal responsibility. It is an effort that saps the resources of multiple state agencies and departments that “Texas never should have had to...
Press Release September 29, 2022Following the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision to deny the ability of the Attorney General to unilaterally prosecute election violations should local district attorneys refuse to do so, the Texas Public Policy Foundation called for the legislature to restore accountability within our justice system. It proposed two reforms that would ensure the state has...
Press Release September 28, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation initiative Life:Powered, in connection with 8 coalition organizations, sent a letter to Republican congressional leadership detailing the top three actions it needs to take to return America to energy dominance and reject Green New Deal-style federal spending. These actions, including expanding domestic energy production and ending federal subsidies in the...
Press Release September 28, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released its first comprehensive technology policy research, exploring the current state of data privacy in Texas and why the state must pass a digital bill of rights to safeguard sensitive, private information. “Texas’ Digital Bill of Rights” unpacks the extent to which companies are obtaining and using user data,...
Press Release September 27, 2022Since the mid-1960s, the United States has spent nearly $25 trillion funding over 80 federal safety net programs, under the guise of lifting families out of poverty. In doing so, these programs have caused millions of Americans to become dependent on the federal government, hurting the very people they intended to help. To change this...
Press Release September 26, 2022A combination of political officeholders, senior military personnel, social elites, and criminal cartels working together in Mexico – both directly and indirectly – have turned the country into a deteriorating narco-state unwilling to combat violence, stop drug and human trafficking, and maintain a productive partnership with the United States, according to new research by the...
Press Release September 22, 2022Following the announcement from Governor Greg Abbott declaring Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement: “Mexican drug cartels have flooded Texas and the nation with untold amounts of lethal drugs, particularly fentanyl, that have cost the lives of countless Americans. The scourge is so widespread and intentional...
Press Release September 21, 2022The legal standard used in nearly every court action involving children, “best interest of the child,” has no standard definition or consistent guidance on how the standard should be applied, according to new research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The research, “’The Best Interest of the Child’: Texas and Beyond,” details the confusing patchwork...
Press Release September 19, 2022