Washington, DC — Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he will bring the First Step Act to the Senate Floor for a long-awaited vote in the coming days. Right on Crime Signatories, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former United States Senator Jim DeMint, issued the following statements: “I commend Leader McConnell...
Press Release December 11, 2018AUSTIN— Today, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 beginning at 9:00 a.m., Dr. Deane Waldman, the director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, will provide invited testimony before the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce. The Committee will be considering the recent trend of consolidations and mergers in healthcare, new...
Press Release December 10, 2018AUSTIN—The Texas Public Policy Foundation extends its congratulations to Bernard McNamee, former director of the Foundation’s Life: Powered initiative, on his confirmation as FERC commissioner. “I, along with my colleagues at the Foundation, am thrilled to congratulate Bernie McNamee on his confirmation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,” said TPPF’s Executive Director Kevin Roberts. “Bernie...
Press Release December 7, 2018AUSTIN— The Texas Public Policy Foundation is pleased to announce Dennis Prager will provide the keynote remarks at the luncheon for Policy Orientation on Thursday, January 10 beginning at 12:30 p.m. “The storied career of Dennis Prager— a syndicated radio show host and bestselling author— is both inspirational and aspirational,” said Kevin Roberts, executive director of...
Press Release December 5, 2018AUSTIN— Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the policy perspective, “Texas Title Insurance Needs Competition.” Rod Bordelon, a distinguished senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the author of the perspective, offered the following statement: “Title insurance regulation in Texas is antiquated. Setting rates has long been abandoned in every other line...
Press Release December 5, 2018By limiting government spending and using taxes collected by the state to freeze and buy down the school M&O property tax until eliminated, that part of the American dream can finally be fulfilled.
Press Release November 30, 2018AUSTIN— Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published the paper “Breaking the Bank: Robin Hood and Chapter 313.” The paper’s author Stanley Greer, a senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, released the following statement: “Under Chapter 313, important decisions about...
Press Release November 29, 2018AUSTIN—The Texas Public Policy Foundation is pleased to announce Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, potentially the next Speaker of the Texas House, will provide a keynote address on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 17th Annual Policy Orientation. “The Texas Public Policy Foundation is honored to host Rep. Dennis...
Press Release November 28, 2018AUSTIN— Yesterday, the Texas Public Policy Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the township of Canton. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of F.P. Development, LLC, and claims the township’s tree ordinance is an unconstitutional taking of private property under the Fifth Amendment and an...
Press Release November 27, 2018AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the paper, “How Education Savings Accounts Could Help Texas’ Most Vulnerable Students Succeed.” The paper, written by TPPF’s Senior Education Policy Advisor Kara Belew, explores the effects school choice, specifically Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) modeled after those proposed in SB 3, could have for economically disadvantaged urban children....
Press Release November 27, 2018AUSTIN—Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the paper, “The U.S. Leads the World in Clean Air: The Case for Environmental Optimism.” The paper, written by TPPF’s Kathleen Hartnett White and Brent Bennett, Ph.D., examines how America achieved robust economic growth while dramatically reducing emissions of air pollutants. “Although rarely recognized, the environmental record of...
Press Release November 27, 2018AUSTIN – Preliminary data released by the Texas Bond Review Board found cities, counties, school districts, and special districts owe a total of $354.6 billion as of fiscal year 2018. James Quintero, Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Think Local Liberty initiative, issued the following statement: “Texas’ local governments are awash in a sea of red...
Press Release November 26, 2018