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, 2020AUSTIN – 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, 2020AUSTIN – 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, 2020Washington 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, 2020AUSTIN – 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, 2020Washington, 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the legislation which found that while the bill does include some necessary updates, helpful additions, and repeals of outdated energy provisions, the majority of the bill is big-government programs and...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, 2020AUSTIN— 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, 2020AUSTIN—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, 2020Austin – 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, 2020AUSTIN—On Saturday, Feb. 29, Alice Marie Johnson will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland. Johnson, now a Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was sentenced in 1996 to a mandatory life sentence plus 25 years without the possibility of...
Press Release February 28, 2020Austin— Right on Crime, the leading conservative criminal justice reform group, praised the administration’s continuing commitment to meaningful criminal justice reform through President Trump’s speech at the Hope for Prisoners graduation ceremony in Las Vegas today. Approximately thirty men will graduate from the Hope for Prisoners reentry program, which works to equip men and women...
Press Release February 20, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation highlighted the one-year anniversary of announcing its public education reform agenda and the progress that was made during the Texas Legislature’s 86th session. Five of the Foundation’s six agenda items were adopted in whole or in part and laid the groundwork for additional success during the next legislative session....
Press Release February 18, 2020