Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto a bill that would sanction safe drug injection sites in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. Such sites, illegal under federal law, would only worsen the problem of rampant drug use and homelessness in those cities, and as Gov. Newsom correctly...
Press Release August 25, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation condemns the decision by the Biden administration to pursue broad-scale student loan forgiveness, welfare for the rich that will not fix the student debt crisis. Badly targeted loan forgiveness, while harming the economy through increased inflationary pressures, will only encourage the harmful practices that have created a $1.6 trillion...
Press Release August 24, 2022Today, TPPF Chief Economist Vance Ginn released the following statement on the current economic recession: “Despite the Biden administration’s claims to the contrary, the U.S. is in a recession. And despite its claims that everything else is to blame for the 40-year high in inflation, the blame is on the bad policies of excessive spending,...
Press Release August 22, 2022New research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation reveals that 2021 Winter Storm Uri exposed predictable problems in the state’s electric grid. The paper, “Pushed to The Brink: The 2021 Electric Grid Crisis and How Texas Is Responding,” shows that after decades of overinvestment in unreliable renewable energy generation and underinvestment in reliability measures, the...
Press Release August 18, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds Texas Gov. Abbott’s support for empowering parents to make the best educational decisions for their children, along with pushing for curriculum transparency and high-quality education options for parents. “Parents should have the necessary tools to ensure every child has access to a quality education that works best for...
Press Release August 11, 2022On Monday, August 29th, the 1836 Project Advisory Committee, chaired by former TPPF CEO Dr. Kevin Roberts, and including TPPF Distinguished Senior Fellow Sherry Sylvester, will hold their August meeting at the Texas Capitol to discuss the scope and work of the 1836 Project. The public is invited to testify. The 1836 Project Advisory Commission...
Press Release August 11, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation condemned the partisan actions of the Harris County Commissioners Court in suing the state over its decision to include the county in their next round of election audits. Instead of taking the audit as an opportunity to show the public that their elections are being run responsibly and lawfully,...
Press Release August 10, 2022A legislative framework announced by the U.S. House Republicans’ American Security Task Force for solving the steadily worsening crisis of illegal migration at the southern border is a major positive step that needs to be fleshed out in a bill that can be approved by Congress, says Texas Public Policy Foundation Vice President for Federal Affairs John...
Press Release August 2, 2022New research conducted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Reason Foundation reveals that Texas lags behind other states in allowing students to pursue open enrollment, a key component of the pursuit of better educational opportunities for parents across the country. Instead of making the process transparent and accessible, Texas school districts make it burdensome...
Press Release August 2, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his stance on what he rightly called the “woke ideology” of ESG investing, and his promises to exclude climate factors from state investment decisions. So-called climate-minded investing is nothing more than an imposition of policies that neither voters nor Congress have approved, while...
Press Release July 29, 2022The U.S. is now officially in a recession, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP growth has decreased for two consecutive quarters, with the most recent data showing a decline of 0.9 percent. Experts at the Texas Public Policy Foundation have proposed a course of action for government at all levels to adapt...
Press Release July 28, 2022Today, the Texas Public Policy announced that Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar will give brief remarks at the event “How Woke Makes Us Broke: Book Talk with Author Vivek Ramaswamy,” a discussion focused on stakeholder capitalism and its effect on our economic and cultural lives. The event will feature Greg Sindelar, Chief Executive Officer for TPPF,...
Press Release July 25, 2022