Today, the Texas Comptroller released the state’s Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE), revealing the state is expected to have more than $188 billion in general spending available for the 2024-25 biennium, 26 percent higher than 2022-23. TPPF pointed to the role responsible fiscal policy played in generating this historic revenue projection, while encouraging members to return...
Press Release January 9, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation praised Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball for fighting to protect Kentucky’s energy industry against ESG investing. By pulling state funds from investment funds that boycott fossil fuel companies at the expense of investors, Kentucky joins states such as Florida and Texas who are standing up to woke investment strategies. “We...
Press Release January 6, 2023Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced former Texas Congresswoman Mayra Flores would be joining the foundation as the Juan Seguin Society Chair. In 2022, Flores became the first Mexican-born woman elected to Congress and represented the 34th District in the Rio Grande Valley. During her time in Congress, she was an outspoken advocate for...
Press Release January 6, 2023After two years of allowing illegal immigration and massive abuse of the asylum system to spiral out of control at the southern border, the Biden administration has now decided to “launder” the process, said senior officials at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF). “There are a number of big red flags to the Biden administration’s...
Press Release January 5, 2023Members of the Texas Public Policy Foundation-led Border Security Coalition have expressed their support for Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s renewal of targeted, enhanced vehicle inspections across the state’s ports of entry. “Governor Abbott is correct to use all the tools at his disposal to compel immediate action and cooperation, both from U.S. federal government and Mexican...
Press Release December 15, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the efforts of the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs to expose how ESG investment practices are affecting state pension funds and promoting collusion against Texas energy producers. “A free market is no longer free when the major financial players are colluding—not behind the scenes but out in...
Press Release December 15, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation unequivocally endorsed the set of proposals to secure the southern border released by 28 of Texas’ U.S. House members and members-elect. In “A Commitment to Secure the Border: A Framework for Texans by Texans,” the congressmen and women propose more than a dozen reforms and executive actions to enforce...
Press Release December 8, 2022Next session, the Texas Legislature will, once again, have an opportunity to show its commitment to fiscal responsibility and protecting the family budget. If policymakers can restrain state spending growth to no more than population and inflation, then this will mark the fourth time since 2015 that state lawmakers have passed a Conservative Texas Budget....
Press Release December 7, 2022Regarding reports of immigration legislation being considered during the final days of the lame duck session of Congress, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement: “The Biden Administration is responsible for the worst non-stop border crisis in American history and should not be rewarded with an inadequate and deeply flawed...
Press Release December 6, 2022As if the unrelenting crisis at the border wasn’t already bad enough, new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed that over 49,000 of the 344,000 illegal aliens currently participating in the agency’s “Alternatives to Detention” program are not being tracked by any electronic monitoring. “Coupled with its extremely weak enforcement...
Press Release December 2, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released its first mini-documentary on the homeless crisis, with a focus on the “Housing First” approach that has failed the homeless, our communities, and the taxpayers. In 2013, the federal government rolled out a one-size-fits-all homeless policy: Housing First. It solely funds housing, while defunding services aimed at treating...
Press Release December 2, 2022Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared that the state is under invasion at its border with Mexico, under the meaning of Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution. New research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation clarifies that meaning, in the light of the Founders’ intent, and charts a way forward for the...
Press Release November 29, 2022