Recent trends of local government spending in Texas are worrisome for taxpayers. The city of Austin paid the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond more than $877,000 from 2017-2025 to provide workshops “undoing racism” …
As the Texas State Board of Education prepares to approve standards for the new required Personal Financial Literacy course, the California nonprofit that pushed the course, Next Gen Personal Finance, has been outed as…
Housing affordability is one of the Lone Star State’s – and greater Houston’s – most pressing challenges. Recent estimates suggest Texas’ statewide housing shortage exceeds 300,000 homes, applying upward pressure on rents and…
Moral injury affects nearly two-thirds of Texas first responders, yet remains undiagnosed and untreated. Targeted screening and evidence-based intervention can change that. Key Points 62.6% of Texas first responders…
In Mission, Texas, a south Texas border town, local residents noticed a new billboard advertising “Birth Packages in South Texas,” with maternity tourism services listed at more than $5,000. The advertisement directed…
Senate Bill 37, passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and signed into law in 2025, was a major step toward restoring academic integrity in Texas public higher education. The law requires every public university governing board…
Testimony of Chuck DeVoreSenior Fellow, Chief National Initiatives OfficerTexas Public Policy Foundation Chairman, members of the committee: thank you for the opportunity to testify. Texas’s electric grid, energy facilities,…
Testimony of Ammon BlairSenior Fellow, secure and Sovereign NationTexas Public Policy Foundation Chairman Hefner, Vice Chairman Lopez, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My…
Testimony of Sam WestropSenior Fellow, Defeating Islamist RadicalizationTexas Public Policy Foundation Chairman Hefner, Vice Chairman Lopez, and members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you…
During a recent Texas Senate Higher Education Committee hearing, lawmakers asked an important question: Is Texas doing enough to protect our universities from hostile foreign influence? The executive director of the newly…
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