AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative published the policy perspective, A Perspective on Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams. “When a service as essential to our government as law enforcement is considered, it is important to deliberate on the ‘how’ and the ‘why,’” said Randy Petersen, senior researcher for TPPF’s...
Press Release June 28, 2019AUSTIN – Today, Right on Immigration, an initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to remand the ability of the Commerce Department to add a citizenship question to the national census for further administrative proceedings. “It is of obvious importance for the Executive Branch to determine who...
Press Release June 27, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the following statement regarding the announcement by Governor Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dennis Bonnen that one thousand additional National Guard troops would be deployed to secure the Texas border. “We welcome the news that our state officials are as concerned as the people of...
Press Release June 21, 2019AUSTIN—Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper, Extend Gains from Welfare Reform to Texas Medicaid. “National focus on socialist-style Medicare-for-All and Medicare for America is rejecting a critical lesson from the highly successful reform of welfare in the 1990s,” said Dr. Deane Waldman, M.D., M.B.A., distinguished senior fellow on health care policy at the...
Press Release June 18, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative published the policy brief, Community Supervision in Tennessee. “The Tennessee Department of Correction’s Office of Probation and Parole’s implementation of graduated sanctions indicates that smart reforms to community supervision reap public safety benefits and cost savings,” said Julie Warren, Right on Crime State Director for...
Press Release June 14, 2019AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation welcomed the announcement from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the Senate would begin work on a bill to fund efforts to deal with the massive wave of illegal immigration. McConnell said the Senate Appropriations Committee could vote on a bill as early as next week. “Congress...
Press Release June 11, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the policy perspective, Effect on Patient Care of H.R. 1384 “Medicare for All.” “Healthcare systems exist to optimize the health of individuals through timely access to necessary care,” said Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA, distinguished senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “The U.S. healthcare system is...
Press Release June 11, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation congratulated Vance Ginn, Ph.D., who served as TPPF senior economist and director of the Center for Economic Freedom, on becoming the associate director for economic policy with the White House Office of Management and Budget. “Vance is a hard-working, passionate, and strong leader who at all times cheerfully...
Press Release June 10, 2019AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative published the policy brief, Community Supervision in Wisconsin. “Wisconsin is third in the nation for the amount of time imposed by post-prison sentences despite the fact that re-offense rates plummet after a three-year period,” said Tom Lyons, Wisconsin State Director of Right on Crime. “Truth-in-sentencing...
Press Release May 31, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative, published the policy brief, Advancing Reforms to Community Supervision in Texas. “Over the last decade, Texas has achieved a dramatic reduction in parole revocations. This stems largely from the fact that parole is a statewide system, and improvements have been made to increase the use...
Press Release May 30, 2019AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the paper, A Brief History of Border Security: 1836 to Present. “The simple truth is, the U.S.-Mexico border has never really been secure,” said John Daniel Davidson, senior fellow for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Immigration initiative. “Amid the insecurity, the border has always been active. In...
Press Release May 29, 2019AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative published the policy brief, Community Corrections in Florida. “Florida relies on prison in lieu of alternatives to incarceration at a much higher rate than many other states, particularly for lower-level offenders.” Greg Glod, director of state initiatives for the Right on Crime initiative at the...
Press Release May 28, 2019