The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced it has begun a statewide radio ad campaign informing Texans that tens of millions of their tax dollars will fund lobbyists this year. According to a statewide survey this month, 86% of Texans oppose tax dollars funding lobbyists, yet local governments continue to pay for contract lobbyists to push for policies that hurt...
Press Release February 22, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Life:Powered project released the following statement clarifying the causes of the blackouts across Texas this week: While Texas attempts to identify the causes of the tragic blackouts this week and the sources of mismanagement, it’s clear that poor policy decisions are the root of the problem. Texas has lost significant fossil fuel...
Press Release February 16, 2021Today, as Texas Independence Day (March 2) approaches, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released the second episode in the “Forging Texas” video series, “Season of Defeat.” “It’s more important than ever that we remember the lives that were lost and sacrifices that were made to win the freedom we enjoy in Texas,” said TPPF Executive...
Press Release February 10, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation praises the introduction of the Personalized Care Act in the Senate (S. 153) by Sen. Ted Cruz and in the House (H.R. 725) by Rep. Chip Roy. These concise bills make a substantial impact to the U.S. employer-based health care system by allowing individuals to have the same benefits as...
Press Release February 9, 2021By enormous margins, Texans support strong protections to our election system to ensure only legal voters are allowed to cast ballots. Nearly nine out of ten Texans said they favored voter ID laws, as well as regular audits of the voter rolls to make sure they are accurate. The conclusions come in a wide-ranging poll...
Press Release February 9, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation is proud to announce the launch of its new conservative commentary website, The Cannon Online. “Increasingly over the last four years, conservative ideas have been held captive by leftist legacy media,” said TPPF’s Executive Director Kevin Roberts. “Editors wielded their power to prevent the dissemination of our ideas and policy...
Press Release February 8, 2021The Biden administration’s sweeping abandonment of a commitment to enforcing U.S. immigration laws, including the execution of lawful deportations, failure to support effective state and local cooperation in enforcing such laws, failure to support the completion of border wall construction in needed areas of the U.S. southwestern border and failure to seek and secure legislative...
Press Release February 4, 2021Following Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s State of the State address, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and its Citizens Defense and Right on Crime campaigns commend the Governor for making public safety a clear priority by declaring making bail reform, providing police officers with the best possible training and funding, and protecting Second Amendment rights emergency items. Randy Petersen, Senior...
Press Release February 1, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation commends Governor Greg Abbott for designating election integrity as an emergency item and working to ensure all Texan’s voices are protected and trust is restored in our election system. TPPF’s Executive Director Kevin Roberts gave the following statement: “The 2020 election highlighted several areas in which the administration of our...
Press Release February 1, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Right on Crime project published the paper Reining in Solitary Confinement in Texas: Recent Progress and Next Steps. “Solitary confinement constitutes a significant deprivation of liberty for those who have already been segregated from society and must be carefully scrutinized,” said Marc Levin, the paper’s author. “In the last decade,...
Press Release January 29, 2021Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced Josh Jones has joined the Foundation’s Right on Immigration efforts as a senior fellow specializing in border security. “Within his first week in office, President Biden signed an executive order that would, if allowed to go into effect, result in an unprecedented humanitarian crisis at our country’s southern...
Press Release January 29, 2021The Bond Review Board’s newly released dataset reveals that local governments continue to borrow heavily. According to the agency, debt owed by cities, counties, school districts, and special districts grew to a total of $375.7 billion in fiscal year 2020, an increase of almost $50 billion since 2016. On a per capita basis, local governments...
Press Release January 28, 2021