In recent days, hair-on-fire reports like this one from the Huffington Post claim that the Texas Senate “has passed a bill to eliminate a requirement that public schools teach that the Ku Klux Klan and its white supremacist campaign of terror are ‘morally wrong.’” The reports are misleading at best; even Texas news outlets that...
It happens on the first Tuesday of every month. Bidders gather at the west entrance steps of the Smith County Courthouse, looking for bargains. At 10 a.m., the sales commence—properties are auctioned off to pay the taxes owed on them. Some are vacant lots and some are homes. All were seized from their owners over...
As prescription drug prices continue to skyrocket, Walmart’s new program shows that markets—not government mandates—are key to keeping live-saving drugs like insulin affordable. The nation’s largest retailer is providing a 75% discount from the list price of a 10mL vial of NovoLog, and for the five-pen box of NovoLog FlexPen, Walmart is offering an 85%...
Amid the hubbub of the Texas House Democrats’ flight to Washington, D.C. to avoid voting on election protection reforms during the special session, many Texans are wondering why electric reliability didn’t make the special session agenda. After all, isn’t this a critical issue, especially as summer continues to heat up? But Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent...
A CNN “analysis” by Stephen Collinson is perfectly scripted as a modern melodrama—with brave and determined Democrats fighting rascally Republicans over voting rights. “They’re trying to save democracy by walking out on it,” he writes of Texas House Democrats, who fled the state to prevent a vote on election reforms. He adds, “In effect, the...
Texans are Taxed Unfairly What to know: TPPF’s plan to cut property taxes nearly in half is getting attention statewide. The TPPF take: Too many Texans are being forced out of their homes. Our poll says 75% of Texans say their property tax burden is too high. “Texas lawmakers now have an opportunity to ease...
The Media Is Catching On What to know: Texas Democrats are lying to Texans about proposed election reforms, says Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Cynthia M. Allen. The TPPF take: Nothing in Senate Bill 1, the election reforms bill, would make voting harder for Texans. “The bill reins in rogue counties like Harris (where Houston is...
Come Home! What to know: Republican lawmakers are trying just about everything to get their Democratic counterparts to come back to the state to do their jobs. Speaker Dade Phelan sent a plane to bring them home. Others are trying more creative approaches. The TPPF take: Are the Texas Democrats heroes like they keep telling...
It’s called the “Social Cost of Carbon.” What we’re seeing from the Biden-Harris administration, using the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency, is something called the social cost of carbon. And what is that you might ask? It’s whatever they say it is. TPPF’s Chuck DeVore discusses the “Social Cost of Carbon” on The...
Deadlines are coming in hot. What TPPF is keeping an eye on as the end of session approaches, plus what a new loophole protecting lawyers in SB 10 means for taxpayers.
What’s going on with gas prices? Poor public policy is to blame. Chuck DeVore, Vice President of National Initiatives, joined Tucker Carlson to discuss the soaring cost of oil and gas and the connection to Joe Biden’s plans to undermine America’s energy independence. Higher energy costs are a feature, not a bug, of our Green...
Holdout Texas Democrats remain in Washington, D.C., denying the state House of Representatives the two-thirds quorum needed to conduct business, with their walkout over election integrity legislation now entering its second week. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session starting July 8 to consider legislation left undone when House Democrats walked out in...
Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives just flew maskless in a private jet with a case of beer to Washington, D.C. Normally, this would just be a fundraising trip to see powerful special interests in the nation’s capital. But this flight out of Austin had a different purpose – a quorum-busting walkout to prevent a vote...
California’s electric grid operator declared a “Flex Alert” Friday morning, showing all that mandated solar and wind power can’t reliably keep the lights on in California. California’s politically driven renewable energy mandates are likely to cause more blackouts this summer outside of California after a remarkable ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that allows California to hijack...
Distrust of elections is currently widespread and bipartisan. Election integrity and confidence in elections are key issues facing the state of Texas. This has gotten the attention of state leadership. Prior to the 87th Legislature, Gov. Abbott declared it one of his priorities, to which both Lt. Gov. Patrick and Speaker Phelan agreed. Much good...