The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman will be the Executive Director for Right on Crime, the foundation’s campaign focusing on criminal justice reform. Tolman, a signatory of the Right on Crime Statement of Principles, has led Right on Crime’s national prosecutorial reform project for two years. “I can think of no...
Press Release May 4, 2021In response to the Texas Comptroller’s announcement that state revenue would be more than $3 billion higher than expected for the 2022-2023 biennium, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Vance Ginn released the following statement: “The Texas Comptroller’s improved estimate of tax collections from primarily an improving COVID-19 situation and opened economy shows that the Legislature...
Press Release May 3, 2021A major legislative priority of the Texas Public Policy Foundation has officially passed both the House and Senate and is awaiting Governor Abbott’s signature. HB 567 is sea change in foster care policy as it shifts from a punitive approach toward one that prioritizes preserving and strengthening families. “House Bill 567 helps create a more...
Press Release April 29, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas State House’s bipartisan approval today of HB2283. The bill was authored by Rep. Phil King along with eight other joint authors and coauthors. After passing the House 89-52 the bill now heads to the Texas Senate which has already approved similar provisions as part of SB7. HB2283 prohibits outside...
Press Release April 29, 2021Nashville, TN — Today, Right on Crime and The American Conservative Union applaud the Tennessee General Assembly and Governor Lee for exhibiting bold leadership in the passage of HB 784, that expands and improves evidence-based alternative sentencing programs, and HB 785, the Reentry Success Act. The bills passed the Tennessee House on April 22, with...
Press Release April 29, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation lauded the Texas State Senate’s bipartisan approval today of SB1509, by Senator Brandon Creighton, a key election integrity bill. After passing the Senate 19-12, the bill now heads to the House. SB1509 addresses the fact that mail-in ballots can be too easily exploited by ballot traffickers in Texas. The commonsense...
Press Release April 28, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation sent a letter to the House and Senate budget conferees recommending that the final version of the budget include a provision to prevent Regional Education Service Centers and school districts from hiring registered lobbyists. The letter, signed by TPPF CEO Kevin Roberts, lays out in detail the “unethical and wrong”...
Press Release April 28, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer Kevin Roberts released the following statement ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Address: “The first three months of the Biden Administration have been an unquestionable disaster for America and Americans. There are too many policy failures to list, though it is important to highlight the...
Press Release April 28, 2021The fight against human trafficking in Texas has been strengthened with the passage of a Texas Senate bill which will require sexually oriented businesses in the state to use E-Verify, an online system that employers can use to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States, as well as their age....
Press Release April 23, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation, representing a coalition of California businesses and individuals, filed suit to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s unreasonable delay in addressing the Foundation’s clients’ petition to reconsider endangerment and cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act (the “Endangerment Finding”). Read the full complaint....
Press Release April 22, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s CEO Kevin Roberts released the following statement: “The push to expand Medicaid in Texas completely ignores the disaster most states have experienced. The most important issue is that by extending benefits to able-bodied adults, the system will crowd out the low-income women, children, and disabled Texans the program was designed...
Press Release April 22, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauded the package of bipartisan criminal justice reform bills put forward by Speaker Dade Phelan and Speaker Pro-Tem Moody that improve public safety, address law enforcement training, and give opportunities to those who deserve them. “The Speaker’s criminal justice package covers the gamut of incremental improvements that have been proposed...
Press Release April 21, 2021