Renewable Energy Incentives in COVID-19 Stimulus Packages are an Affront to the American People

AUSTIN – Today, a group of more than 20 leading policy experts from around the country submitted a letter to Congress expressing concerns about including tax incentives for renewable energy in the three stimulus packages intended to help in the recovery period following the COVID-19 crisis.   Initiated by the Texas Public Policy Foundation through its Life:Powered project, the letter includes the...

Press Release March 23, 2020

TPPF Endorses Ban on Non-Essential Border Travel

Washington D.C. – The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today endorsed the joint U.S.-Mexico decision to temporarily restrict travel between the two countries to only essential trade and commerce. “In the face of the Chinese coronavirus, the health and safety of American citizens must be paramount,” said TPPF Executive Director Kevin Roberts. “This is a prudent measure...

Press Release March 20, 2020

TPPF Publishes Recovery Plan for Texas

AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a recovery plan for Texas in response to the coronavirus pandemic.   “In this unprecedented and rapidly changing epidemic, state and local officials must act swiftly to implement the measures outlined in the Foundation’s Recovery Agenda to protect Texas’ vibrant economy and the families, employers and employees who call this great...

Press Release March 19, 2020

TPPF, AFP Praise Abbott for Handling of COVID-19 Crisis

AUSTIN—Today, two of the state’s leading policy and advocacy organizations commended Texas Governor Greg Abbott for his work during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Specifically, they noted his waiving of regulations related to telemedicine and trucking, that can be important life-saving measures that improve health care and the rapid delivery of goods to grocery stores. In addition, they praised...

Press Release March 19, 2020

New Research Shows Local Governments in Texas are $365 Billion in Debt and Growing

AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the policy perspective Red Ink Rising in the Lone Star State: FY 2019. “Our new research reveals that the state of local government debt in Texas is both at an all-time high and accumulating quickly,” said Grace Watson a legislative fellow with TPPF’s Think Local Liberty Initiative....

Press Release March 17, 2020

Texas Continues to Lead the Nation in Job Growth

AUSTIN – Today the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Texas continues to lead the nation in job growth year over year through January 2020. “This may be more important than ever. As we continue to prepare and protect ourselves and our loved ones from the effects of the coronavirus, it is important...

Press Release March 16, 2020

Migrant Protection Protocols Strongly Supported by TPPF

Washington D.C. – In the wake of today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling staying a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals injunction that would have impeded the Trump administration use of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) Vice President for Federal Affairs John Hostettler underscored the critical role MPP has played in averting...

Press Release March 11, 2020

Former Congressman Quico Canseco to Lead TPPF’s Election Integrity Project

AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced former Congressman Francisco “Quico” Canseco will lead the Foundation’s new Election Integrity Project*. “A citizen’s right to vote is the most fundamental feature of a representative democracy,” said the TPPF’s Executive Director Dr. Kevin Roberts. “I can think of no one better to lead this project...

Press Release March 10, 2020

TPPF: American Energy Innovation Act Promotes Wasteful Spending

Washington, D.C. – In response to the proposed updates to the American Energy Innovation Act, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released its initial analysis of the legislation which found that while the bill does include some necessary updates, helpful additions, and repeals of outdated energy provisions, the majority of the bill is big-government programs and...

Press Release March 6, 2020

TPPF Publishes New Research Proposing Changes to Systematic Approach of Parental Substance Abuse

AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the policy perspective A New Horizon: Changing Our Approach to Parental Substance Abuse. “In Texas during the last decade, Child Protective Services (CPS) cases involving substance abuse rose by more than 50 percent,” said Charissa Huntzinger, policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Mothers and pregnant...

Press Release March 5, 2020

TPPF Launches New Election Integrity Initiative

AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation launched its Election Integrity Project, which seeks to ensure that each and every citizen is afforded their right to vote and that public policy secures the reliability of our election system. “The most fundamental feature of a representative democracy is the citizen’s right to vote,” says Texas Public Policy...

Press Release March 4, 2020

Supreme Court to Hear TPPF’s Challenge to Obamacare

Austin – Today, the United States Supreme Court announced it will review a challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought forth by a coalition including the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the attorneys general from 20 states. “The decision by the Supreme Court to review the challenge to Obamacare brings the case one step closer...

Press Release March 2, 2020