AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Life:Powered project published the paper The Siren Song that Never Ends: Federal Energy Subsidies and Support from 2010 to 2019. “Since 1913—the same year as the introduction of the federal income tax—politically-connected businesses have lobbied for energy-specific tax breaks and spending under the guise of stimulating energy production...
Press Release April 23, 2020WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration measure that primarily halts the issuance of family-based visas for the next 60 days as the U.S. seeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus is both a prudent and modest step, says Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) Vice President for Federal Affairs John Hostettler. “As we work to...
Press Release April 23, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Healthcare campaign launched its “Healthy Recovery” legislative agenda to increase patient access and lower costs for all Texans. The plan includes seven separate policy items to improve health care price transparency, increase options to help patients cover medical expenses, and open up better access to health care professionals. Each...
Press Release April 22, 2020AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Is Medicaid Expansion Worth It? A Review of the Evidence Suggests Targeted Programs Represent Better Policy. “The primary impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been significantly expanding enrollment in Medicaid,” said Brian Blase, senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Healthcare...
Press Release April 21, 2020AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s litigation center filed an opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. “Carbon dioxide is a natural substance in the air essential to life on Earth,” said Ted Hadzi-Antich, a...
Press Release April 17, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Executive Director Kevin Roberts was appointed to serve on the Special Advisory Council to Governor Greg Abbott’s Statewide Strike Force tasked with developing plans to safely and gradually reopen the state. As a member, Roberts will join with other health, business, and community leaders to provide critical...
Press Release April 17, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the research paper Combating Transnational Human Trafficking of Migrants in the United States. “Human trafficking affects millions of people worldwide and the United States is not immune to this barbaric practice,” said Igor Magalhaes, a fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Conditions in Mexico and...
Press Release April 16, 2020AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas Attorney General’s defense of state law protections necessary to ensure integrity of our elections. TPPF supports the State seeking reversal of yesterday’s state district court temporary injunction mandating voters to be allowed to vote by mail if they fear contracting the coronavirus. “The Texas Attorney...
Press Release April 16, 2020AUSTIN— Health care and the economy are now the most important issues for Texans, according to a recent survey conducted by WPA Intelligence for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Immigration is now third among likely voters in the Lone Star State, followed by education and property taxes. Concern over health care and the economy have...
Press Release April 15, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and coarse particulate matter (PM10) that leave the current standards unchanged. This proposal marks the first time since the PM NAAQS were established that the standards will remain the same. It is a...
Press Release April 14, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the research paper The Case for Escape Hatches from Higher Education Accreditation. “Accreditation in higher education is a barrier to innovation because it insists on a recipe of inputs and processes which may or may not actually be tied to producing results for students,” said Andrew...
Press Release April 14, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the first video in a new series, “Recovery Texas,” highlighting how small businesses are responding to the crisis and helping their fellow Texans. “There are so many heroes in this time of crisis and few will ever know their stories,” said Brian Phillips, chief communications officer...
Press Release April 13, 2020