UPDATE: The Texas Public Policy Foundation congratulates the Texas House for passing a responsible state budget in the conference report for SB 1, which funds state functions for the 2022-23 biennium while staying within the average taxpayer’s ability to pay for it. TPPF Chief Economist Vance Ginn released the following statement: “TPPF appreciates the work...
Press Release May 27, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation recently released the Responsible American Budget, a plan for the federal government to limit the out-of-control spending that threatens the prosperity of future generations. The key component of the proposal imposes a successful spending growth formula that has kept the budget in states like Texas from spending more than its taxpayers can afford. The Responsible American Budget has received high praise from...
Press Release May 27, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation praised the Legislature’s passage of a stronger spending limit in Texas that will benefit Texans and the state’s prosperity. “Since 1978, Texas has had a constitutional spending limit that helped restrain the growth of spending based on changes in personal income. While that growth rate made sense more than forty...
Press Release May 27, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation praised the Legislature’s decision to end wasteful corporate property tax breaks under Chapter 313. “For two decades, Texas taxpayers have borne the brunt of special-interest corporate welfare that raises our property taxes and allows government to pick winners and losers. These 20 years of hard data have proven Chapter 313 doesn’t live up to its lofty promises to create jobs or lure new businesses to our state,” said Kevin...
Press Release May 27, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the America First Policy Institute released a joint report on the need for greater price transparency in the healthcare industry. The report, written by TPPF’s David Balat and AFPI’s Heidi Overton, M.D., details the exploding cost of healthcare and recent efforts to require hospitals to disclose what they charge for non-emergency services before patients are treated. “Policies that remove uncertainty about...
Press Release May 26, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation released its Responsible American Budget today, a bold proposal for the federal government that would help limit the out-of-control spending that has been the norm in Washington. The proposal follows the work of the Foundation’s highly successful Conservative Texas Budget, which sets a maximum budget threshold based on the proven...
Press Release May 25, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the passage of HB 1468, a crucial bill that would increase the flexibility and choices for parents, teachers, and students statewide, choices that are sorely needed in the Texas school system. Amendments to this important piece of legislation from the Senate Education Committee have only served to strengthen the...
Press Release May 25, 2021The Texas Senate passed legislation to protect students from school districts implementing government-sanctioned racism in their curriculums. Known as ‘critical race theory,’ the approach serves to distinguish individuals, as well as teach history, purely on the basis of race. The bill, HB 3979, will now go to conference committee to iron out differences between the...
Press Release May 22, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation, in coordination with the America First Policy Institute and the Texas State Attorney General’s Office, published public comments regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s latest funding agenda titled “Proposed Priorities: American History and Civics Education.” This agenda would encourage American public schools to indoctrinate students with a partisan, anti-American, racially...
Press Release May 20, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Texas Federation for Children celebrate the passage of SB1716, a powerful move by the House Public Education Committee that will provide additional educational support for special needs students. By lengthening and increasing the Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) program, families of special needs children will now have access to $1,500 grants to purchase needed education services. The bill can now...
Press Release May 19, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Chief Economist Vance Gain released the following statement regarding the Republican Study Committee’s 2022 Budget: “Decades of irresponsible federal spending in D.C. has contributed to diminished prosperity for families and entrepreneurs through costly redistribution, higher taxes, and more debt. The Republican Study Committee led by Chairman Jim Banks and Budget...
Press Release May 19, 2021Governor Abbott has signed House Bill 17 into law, prohibiting cities from banning natural gas utilities. “Urban municipalities have attempted to overstep their bounds by creating California-style bans on natural gas utilities. These arbitrary constraints on Texans’ freedom will have no effect on our environment or climate change but will raise the cost of living,...
Press Release May 19, 2021