AUSTIN- Local governments are spending as much as $98 million to lobby the state government, using tax dollars that could go to public safety, infrastructure, or tax relief, according to a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Local governments are lobbying state government for more government. The obvious outcome of this activity is...
Press Release March 25, 2025WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF), after agreeing to review a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals finding it unconstitutional under the nondelegation doctrine. Boyden Gray PLLC and Texas Public Policy Foundation are representing...
Press Release March 25, 2025Life:Powered Research Estimates that Reliability Standards for Wind and Solar Will Save Texas Ratepayers Billions and Make the Grid More Reliable AUSTIN, TX — Life:Powered, a campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to raise Texas’s and America’s energy IQ, recently released groundbreaking research showing that Texas electricity customers are paying at least $2 billion per year in...
Press Release March 24, 2025Last night, the full Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 19, a bill to stop local governments from using our tax dollars to hire lobbyists to advocate for more spending, higher taxes, and bigger government. It now goes to the Texas House. “TPPF is deeply grateful to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Senator Mayes Middleton for the...
Press Release March 20, 2025Executive vice president Jerome Greener released the following statement: ”While we appreciate the effort of Senate Bill 893 and House Bill 366 to ensure the integrity of our elections, TPPF’s testimony did not adequately reflect the concerns we have with the current language or go far enough in specifying the precise conditions under which...
Press Release March 12, 2025BOSTON – The Texas Public Policy Foundation, on behalf of local fishermen whose livelihoods have been severely impacted, filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to reverse a decision of a federal court of appeals permitting the enormous Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind energy...
Press Release March 11, 2025Today, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows and House Public Education Committee Chairman Brad Buckley announced that the House’s school choice bill, HB 3, had received 76 coauthors. This is a historic achievement to receive such strong support in the Texas House. “Speaker Burrows and Chairman Buckley have done an amazing job unifying the Texas House...
Press Release February 26, 2025AUSTIN – This morning, the Texas House introduced House Bill 3, which would provide universal ESAs to Texas students. It is the companion of Senate Bill 2. “I’m incredibly excited, not just about House Bill 3’s universal ESAs, but with how quickly and decisively the House is moving on parent empowerment this year,” said TPPF’s...
Press Release February 20, 2025The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced a new agenda to support family formation, lasting marriages, and successful child development in Texas. The Texas Family Success Agenda is founded on the following principles: Texas must restore the family as the building block of society. Texas must understand forming lasting marriages and raising children as positive and...
Press Release February 20, 2025WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation commends U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for formally designating multiple Latin American cartel groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). This follows a related executive order signed on January 20, 2025 that tasked the Secretary of State with making “a recommendation regarding the designation of any...
Press Release February 20, 2025Billions of dollars meant for funding Texas’ public education system are spent on a vast network of vendors, administrators, consultants, lobbyists, associations, and political organizations that work together to squander taxpayer money, according to a new video by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The third episode in a recently launched video series, “Suitable Provision: An...
Press Release February 19, 2025AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that U.S. Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) will be featured at the Friday, February 21st keynote breakfast discussion with TPPF Executive Director Robert Henneke at the Texas Policy Summit. Congressman Roy’s extensive experience in the liberty movement includes serving as a federal prosecutor, First Assistant Attorney General...
Press Release February 13, 2025