Today, The Texas Public Policy Foundation published a new research paper on autonomous vehicles. After extensive research, the paper concludes that autonomous vehicle technology has progressed extensively in recent years despite technological hurdles. It also concludes that states like Texas should take it upon themselves to advance legislation that protects driver autonomy and privacy to...
Press Release April 1, 2024Today, The Texas Public Policy Foundation launched the National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA), a new national energy think tank led by distinguished fellow Mark P. Mills and comprised of a team of world-class scholars dedicated to reality-driven energy analyses. The NCEA will produce credible, unbiased research on energy issues, both proactively and reacting to...
Press Release March 20, 2024Today, Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the Frontier Fight: A Roadmap for Border Security Policy in 2025 panel, focused on the future of border security following the Biden Administration’s border crisis. Featuring former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan, Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott, and Chairman Ryan Guillen, the panel...
Press Release March 19, 2024Senate Bill 4 creates new state offenses for entering or re-entering the state illegally from a foreign country and for refusing to comply with an order to return to the foreign country an illegal alien comes from. Further, it allows judges to order an illegal alien to return to the country from which they entered...
Press Release March 19, 2024The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Secure and Sovereign Texas campaign announced its border security and immigration policy priorities for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session. The SST campaign focuses on protecting Texas communities, ensuring Texas has the resources for a strong southern border, and defending state sovereignty and authority. “Texas is ground zero for the...
Press Release March 19, 2024Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the Winning the War on Woke in Higher Education panel, taking place during the Wednesday, March 20th session of the Texas Policy Summit. TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester will lead a discussion with other higher education experts on how the left is radicalizing higher education, the success Texas has had at...
Press Release March 19, 2024Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that Gov. Greg Abbott will serve as the opening keynote speaker during the Wednesday, March 20th lunch session of the Texas Policy Summit. Following a highly consequential legislative session, Gov. Abbott will share his vision for Texas in 2024 and beyond, including leading the charge to empower parents...
Press Release March 18, 2024Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the Abuse of Power: The FBI and Weaponization of Justice panel, focused on the two-tiered nature of the U.S. justice system. During the Friday, March 22nd breakfast session of the Texas Policy Summit, TPPF’s Executive Director Robert Henneke will host a discussion focusing on the FBI’s weaponization of...
Press Release March 14, 2024The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center on Health and Families campaign announced its policy priorities for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session. The campaign focuses on improving systems and outcomes that affect patients, families, and children. CHF has worked on several successful reforms such as encouraging family formation, reforming child protective services, improving transparency in health...
Press Release March 12, 2024Following President Biden’s State of the Union address, Texas Public Policy Foundation Director of Federal Affairs Matt Eagan issued the following statement: “President Biden inherited a border that was the most secure it had been in generations. He campaigned on squandering American sovereignty to appease the open-border ideologues who pollute the Democrat Party. “To the...
Press Release March 8, 2024Following the unveiling of the House Budget Committee’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution, TPPF Director of Federal Affairs Matt Eagan released the following statement: “Today, the House Budget Committee will begin advancing its Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution which aims to get our federal government and our nation back on track—even though the President is...
Press Release March 7, 2024Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) issued the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 3836, the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act, to clarify that state Medicaid programs have the authority to implement direct primary care (DPC) programs: “Allowing states to utilize DPC in Medicaid empowers patients to access dedicated...
Press Release March 6, 2024