The Texas Public Policy Foundation was among 22 groups and individuals to sign a letter to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services requesting the center codify Section 1332 of Title I of the Affordable Care Act to prevent abrupt changes during Administration shifts. David Balat, the director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right...
Press Release January 4, 2021Today, the White House announced the appointment of Tom Lindsay, Ph.D., to the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission. Lindsay is a distinguished senior fellow of higher education and constitutional studies at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Established by executive order last month, the commission was formed to develop ways to teach future generations the truth about America’s founding, the core...
Press Release December 18, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Just the Facts: Government Debt in Texas’s Most Populous Cities, Counties, and School Districts. “Texas’s largest local governments are awash in public debt,” said TPPF’s James Quintero. “In fiscal year 2019, local governments borrowed a total of $365.3 billion, or more than $12,500 owed for every man, woman,...
Press Release December 17, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report summarizing the results of a multi-day simulation exercise that examined a renewed humanitarian and national security crisis on America’s southern border. The effort assembled two dozen experts to game out what the first nine months of a Biden Administration might see on the U.S.-Mexico border. The team included...
Press Release December 14, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released five papers that together form a responsible strategy for the state’s immediate and long-term economic growth. “These five approaches make for good economic policy anytime,” said TPPF Chief Economist Vance Ginn, Ph.D. “But they are especially important as the state recovers from government-imposed shutdowns. Together, these strategies will help return...
Press Release December 10, 2020Yesterday, the State of Texas filed a lawsuit with the United States Supreme Court against the states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The case seeks an answer to whether the defendant states violated the Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution by taking non-legislative actions to change the election rules that govern the appointment of presidential electors. “TPPF supports...
Press Release December 8, 2020This week, Texas Rep. Mayes Middleton filed House Bill 749 and Senator Bob Hall filed Senate Bill 234,both of which propose to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying. The bills would prohibit political subdivisions from using public money to lobby. “Governments are forcing taxpayers to pay for lobbyists whose job it is to advocate for more government,” said TPPF’s James Quintero....
Press Release December 7, 2020Today, the Austin City Council voted in favor of a new ordinance empowering its health authority to issue new rules and restrictions. The ordinance also authorizes officials to impose a fine of up to $2,000 for individuals not complying with the restrictions. “The City of Austin has vested unelected bureaucrats with an inappropriate level of...
Press Release December 3, 2020We at the Texas Public Policy Foundation are saddened to learn of the passing of economist Walter E. Williams. “Walter Williams’s journey from the projects of Philadelphia to a professorship in economics at George Mason University—and becoming one of the most recognized and respected conservative voices of our time—was remarkable,” said TPPF Executive Director Kevin...
Press Release December 2, 2020The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced Jerome Greener will be joining the organization to head up its statewide and national activist engagement efforts for the foundation’s various policy issue campaigns. As Vice President for Engagement, Greener joins TPPF bringing his experience from leading the Americans for Prosperity – TX team over the last several years. His new role includes further strengthening TPPF’s partnerships with allies, serving and coordinating with the activist community on priority legislative agenda items, and facilitating outreach to key communities in the new conservative...
Press Release November 18, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Healthcare initiative published the paper Addressing the Primary Care Crisis by Expanding Access to Direct Primary Care. “Primary care providers are the vanguard of healthcare,” said Right on Healthcare Senior Fellow John O’Shea, M.D. “The decisions they make influence patient outcomes and experience as well as the cost and efficiency...
Press Release November 17, 2020Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Young Conservatives of Texas Foundation against the University of North Texas. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of a state statute that requires out of state students to pay higher tuition rates as being preempted by federal law. “Today’s lawsuit is about ensuring the sanctity of the rule...
Press Release November 16, 2020