Following the announcement from Governor Greg Abbott declaring Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement: “Mexican drug cartels have flooded Texas and the nation with untold amounts of lethal drugs, particularly fentanyl, that have cost the lives of countless Americans. The scourge is so widespread and intentional...
Press Release September 21, 2022The legal standard used in nearly every court action involving children, “best interest of the child,” has no standard definition or consistent guidance on how the standard should be applied, according to new research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The research, “’The Best Interest of the Child’: Texas and Beyond,” details the confusing patchwork...
Press Release September 19, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded Texas Senate Education Committee Chairman Brandon Creighton for supporting a Parental Bill of Rights, reforms that will increase transparency and access, empowering parents to make the best education decisions for their children. “It is time that Texas parents are empowered to play an active role for their child’s...
Press Release September 16, 2022Americans are experiencing the worst energy crisis in decades, and energy costs are still rapidly increasing as a result of poorly reasoned policies. One of those policies was the Biden administration’s April 2021 pledge to the United Nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, representing an additional 30...
Press Release September 14, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation condemned the Biden administration’s new Title IX proposal in a newly filed public comment. Not only is the proposal unlawful and unconstitutional, but its adoption would undermine fairness and accuracy, result in less safety for women, force students and faculty to disavow deeply held religious beliefs, and outlaw speech,...
Press Release September 14, 2022Experts from the Texas Public Policy Foundation will testify today in a Senate hearing on several key issues for local governments, including homelessness, disannexation powers, and the disgraceful practice of allowing taxpayers to fund lobbyists. The Senate Committee on Local Governments will convene at 1:30 pm in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016. Testifying today for...
Press Release September 13, 2022The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Texas Attorney General’s office have been defending in district court a recently passed election integrity measure that ensures voters register to vote at their home address. The case, Texas State LULAC v. Paxton, is now at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which just announced...
Press Release September 13, 2022New research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation provides a historical review of the issues that have led to dramatic changes in the collegiate sports model over the past twenty-five years. The paper, “Paid in Full: From Amateurism to NIL and the New Marketplace for College Athletes,” looks at recent trends in college sports revenue gains and...
Press Release September 8, 2022As long as the Mexican state fails to properly address the influence of the cartels, Texas should take aggressive steps to combat the violence, drug trafficking, and human smuggling spilling across the border, says TPPF’s CEO Greg Sindelar. In a speech delivered in Mexico City to the American Society of Mexico, Sindelar says that as...
Press Release September 6, 2022On Tuesday, September 6th, Texas Public Policy Foundation CEO Greg Sindelar will address the American Society of Mexico’s Binational Convention to discuss the crisis at the southern border, and how bad policy pursued by both the U.S and Mexican governments has only made things worse. “Leadership is confronting the brutal facts, not ignoring them. Both...
Press Release September 6, 2022A new tool from the Texas Public Policy Foundation shows dozens of cities and counties plan to raise property tax bills for the upcoming year. TPPF’s “Local Government Property Tax Tracker” has begun compiling available data on cities and counties across the state to inform Texans about how their local governments are responding to skyrocketing...
Press Release September 1, 2022Proponents for student loan forgiveness are ignoring a significant cause of excessive student loan debt, according to new research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The paper focuses on a system in which colleges and universities face little to no accountability for saddling students with massive debt while providing a low-quality education. The research by...
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