Washington, D.C. – In response to the proposed updates to the American Energy Innovation Act, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released its initial analysis of the legislation which found that while the bill does include some necessary updates, helpful additions, and repeals of outdated energy provisions, the majority of the bill is big-government programs and...
Press Release March 6, 2020AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the policy perspective A New Horizon: Changing Our Approach to Parental Substance Abuse. “In Texas during the last decade, Child Protective Services (CPS) cases involving substance abuse rose by more than 50 percent,” said Charissa Huntzinger, policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Mothers and pregnant...
Press Release March 5, 2020AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation launched its Election Integrity Project, which seeks to ensure that each and every citizen is afforded their right to vote and that public policy secures the reliability of our election system. “The most fundamental feature of a representative democracy is the citizen’s right to vote,” says Texas Public Policy...
Press Release March 4, 2020Austin – Today, the United States Supreme Court announced it will review a challenge to the Affordable Care Act brought forth by a coalition including the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the attorneys general from 20 states. “The decision by the Supreme Court to review the challenge to Obamacare brings the case one step closer...
Press Release March 2, 2020AUSTIN—On Saturday, Feb. 29, Alice Marie Johnson will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland. Johnson, now a Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was sentenced in 1996 to a mandatory life sentence plus 25 years without the possibility of...
Press Release February 28, 2020Austin— Right on Crime, the leading conservative criminal justice reform group, praised the administration’s continuing commitment to meaningful criminal justice reform through President Trump’s speech at the Hope for Prisoners graduation ceremony in Las Vegas today. Approximately thirty men will graduate from the Hope for Prisoners reentry program, which works to equip men and women...
Press Release February 20, 2020AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation highlighted the one-year anniversary of announcing its public education reform agenda and the progress that was made during the Texas Legislature’s 86th session. Five of the Foundation’s six agenda items were adopted in whole or in part and laid the groundwork for additional success during the next legislative session....
Press Release February 18, 2020AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation congratulates Mandy Gunasekara, senior fellow with the Foundation’s Life:Powered project, on being selected to join the Environmental Protection Agency as Chief of Staff. “America is a world leader in clean air and water even while our economy, energy industry, and population have skyrocketed. There’s no better expert than Mandy...
Press Release February 18, 2020AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation joined an amicus brief supporting the Department of Justice’s motion for summary judgment in The American Hospital Association v. The Department of Health and Human Services. The case centers around whether HHS overstepped its authority when it issued a regulation last Nov. that would compel hospitals and other...
Press Release February 14, 2020AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the following statement on the administration’s proposed FY2021 Department of Homeland Security budget: “The right mix of personnel, technology and infrastructure is essential to securing the border, and the administration’s new budget proposal strengthens all three of those critical elements,” said John Hostettler, Vice President of Federal...
Press Release February 10, 2020AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper Education and Property Taxes – A Texas-Sized Conundrum. “Texas’ school finance system has undergone more than four decades of legal challenges,” said Austin Griesinger, legislative fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “A leading driver for these legal challenges has been the system’s reliance on property taxes...
Press Release February 4, 2020AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation commends the Trump Administration’s executive order creating a new position focused on combating human trafficking. The new role will be housed under the White House domestic policy office. “We commend and thank the President for his leadership in combatting those who profit in this interstate and international trade...
Press Release January 31, 2020