AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime Initiative published the policy perspective, Police Use of Force: Foresight Over Hindsight. “Highly publicized use of force incidents can blemish the legitimacy of a police organization,” said Michael Hughes, senior visiting fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “These instances can create a wide chasm between officers and citizens. Most...
Press Release July 31, 2019AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of ESI/Employee Solutions, LP and Hagan Law Group LLC against the City of Dallas in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The TPPF lawsuit alleges that the City’s Ordinance violates Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights of First Amendment freedom of association, Fourteenth...
Press Release July 30, 2019AUSTIN—Today, a San Antonio State District Judge approved an agreement that delays the implementation of San Antonio’s mandatory paid sick leave policy until December 1. The Court’s decision today provides business owners with more time to ready for the new requirements as well as press their legal case. However, despite this delay, constitutional concerns still surround...
Press Release July 24, 2019AUSTIN – Today, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly state jobs report for June 2019 showing that once again the most jobs were created in Texas. Texas’ nonfarm payroll employment was up 45,000 in June and 315,600 over the year, edging out California which saw 296,100 more nonfarm jobs in the past 12 months....
Press Release July 19, 2019AUSTIN— Today, a federal judge upheld the Trump administration’s expansion of insurance plans. David Balat, director of Right on Healthcare at the Texas Public Policy Foundation made the following statement: “Short-term insurance plans existed under the ACA and were accepted as good options to offer relief for those in transition. For those that are between...
Press Release July 19, 2019AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the research paper, Toward a 21st-Century Asylum System. “The United States has an outdated asylum system that is not equipped to meet the needs posed by the current migrant crisis,” said John Daniel Davidison, senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “The sharp increase in asylum-seekers has created...
Press Release July 10, 2019Washington D.C. – Today, David Balat, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Healthcare Initiative, gave invited testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform. The following are excerpts from Balat’s testimony: I firmly believe that we all want affordability and accessibility in healthcare, but we simply have different...
Press Release July 10, 2019AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative published the policy perspective, A Perspective on Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams. “When a service as essential to our government as law enforcement is considered, it is important to deliberate on the ‘how’ and the ‘why,’” said Randy Petersen, senior researcher for TPPF’s...
Press Release June 28, 2019AUSTIN – Today, Right on Immigration, an initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to remand the ability of the Commerce Department to add a citizenship question to the national census for further administrative proceedings. “It is of obvious importance for the Executive Branch to determine who...
Press Release June 27, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the following statement regarding the announcement by Governor Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dennis Bonnen that one thousand additional National Guard troops would be deployed to secure the Texas border. “We welcome the news that our state officials are as concerned as the people of...
Press Release June 21, 2019AUSTIN—Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper, Extend Gains from Welfare Reform to Texas Medicaid. “National focus on socialist-style Medicare-for-All and Medicare for America is rejecting a critical lesson from the highly successful reform of welfare in the 1990s,” said Dr. Deane Waldman, M.D., M.B.A., distinguished senior fellow on health care policy at the...
Press Release June 18, 2019AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime initiative published the policy brief, Community Supervision in Tennessee. “The Tennessee Department of Correction’s Office of Probation and Parole’s implementation of graduated sanctions indicates that smart reforms to community supervision reap public safety benefits and cost savings,” said Julie Warren, Right on Crime State Director for...
Press Release June 14, 2019