“Making Government Work” Brings the Common-Sense Public Policy Conversation Back to America

State Representative Tan Parker, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and Merrie Spaeth of Spaeth Communications, Inc. announce the publication of “Making Government Work,” bringing together many of today’s most powerful voices in America. Chuck Norris, Rick Perry, Kathy Ireland, Bob Woodson, Jeb Bush, Robert P. George, Rick Santorum and many more engage in dialogue...

Press Release September 22, 2020

TPPF Files Amicus Brief with Tyler Twelfth Court of Appeals

The Texas Public Policy Foundation filed an amicus brief in the Twelfth Court of Appeals in support of a family subjected to a wrongful investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). TPPF’s amicus brief highlights constitutional defects in the statute used by the Department to sue the Berryman family to forcibly enter their home...

Press Release September 18, 2020

TPPF: Vast Majority of Texans Live in Regions with Low COVID Hospitalization Rates

Nearly three-quarters of Texans live in regions with very low COVID-19 hospitalization rates, according to a new analysis from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The data show that fully 72% of Texans are in Trauma Service Areas where less than 7% of hospital patients have lab–confirmed cases of COVID-19, including Houston, San Antonio, and Austin which are...

Press Release September 18, 2020

State Disinvestment in Higher Education is a Myth

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Trends in State Funding and Tuition Revenue for Public Higher Education: 1980-2019. “Conventional wisdom holds that higher education has been suffering from cuts to state funding, often described as state disinvestment, but the data show that states have increased state funding per student over time,” said Andrew...

Press Release September 17, 2020

TPPF: Eight Recommendations for a Public Safety Contract

Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper A Contract for Public Safety: A Model for the 21st Century. “Far too often, law enforcement officers are found guilty in the court of public opinion before being afforded their due process rights,” says Sheriff (Ret.) Currie Myers, Ph.D., senior visiting fellow with the Texas Public Policy...

Press Release September 15, 2020

TPPF: Texas Should Enact a Second Chance Parenting Statute

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Second Chance Parenting: Restoring Parental Rights. “At any given moment, thousands of children in the United States and Texas are waiting to be adopted out of the foster care system,” says Nikki Pressley, policy analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Many will age out of...

Press Release September 9, 2020

TPPF Joins Coalition Letter Welcoming New Growth of Charter Schools in Texas

The Texas Public Policy Foundation submitted a coalition letter to the State Board of Education, Governor Greg Abbott, and Education Commissioner Mike Morath regarding the approval of new charter schools in Texas. “In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has uprooted existing institutional structures and put millions of Texans into precarious financial positions, Texas families are struggling,...

Press Release September 4, 2020

Efficiency Audit of DFPS Can Help Improve Outcomes for Children

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Using Efficiency Audits to Improve Child Welfare. “Efficiency audits provide a much-needed reality check, allowing policymakers and taxpayers to clearly see how well an agency is doing at achieving its objectives,” said Andrew Brown, distinguished senior fellow of child and family policy at the Texas Public Policy...

Press Release September 1, 2020

Action Civics by Any Other Name Is Still Broken

Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper “Action Civics,” “New Civics,” “Civic Engagement,” and “Project-Based Civics”: Advances in Civic Education? “There is fundamental agreement on both sides that civics education in America is broken and something must be done about it if we are to preserve our experiment in self government,” said Thomas Lindsay,...

Press Release September 1, 2020

TPPF Commends Attorney General Ken Paxton for Protecting the Rights of All Texas Voters

The Texas Public Foundation commends Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for seeking both a temporary and permanent injunction against Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to prevent his office from sending over two million applications for mail in ballots to every registered voter in Harris County regardless of whether the voter requested an application or qualifies...

Press Release August 31, 2020

Alice Marie Johnson Takes National Stage to Tell Her Story of Redemption and Purpose

Tonight, Alice Marie Johnson, a Senior Fellow for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime project, will be in the national spotlight as she tells her story. In 1996, Alice received a mandatory life sentence plus 25 years without the possibility of parole for her role in a nonviolent federal drug case. It was...

Press Release August 27, 2020

Americans Dissatisfied with Health Care System, Want Patients and Doctors Making Health Decisions

A decade after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the majority of Americans believe the country’s health care system is still broken, and almost half say health care costs have gone up and the quality has gone down since the law was enacted. Recent national surveys conducted by Rasmussen Reports for the Texas Public Policy Foundation show Americans...

Press Release August 25, 2020