Since taking office, my overarching goal has been to utilize the natural resources we have been blessed with to ensure energy is cheap, plentiful, and reliable for Texans. Under President Biden’s tenure, the cost of energy for American families has soared (the energy inflation index has risen 7.3 percent over the past 12 months alone)...
Teamwork in action—that’s what we saw when Tyler, Texas-born Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes took the field last week in the AFC playoffs—for the second half. An ankle sprain in the first half had the press corps all but dismissing the Mahomes’ chances. But Mahomes, a Texas Tech grad, adapted his playbook for the...
Every child should have access to the education that best meets their unique learning styles. Yet, for decades, this hasn’t been the case for students with disabilities in Texas. Like all children, students with disabilities deserve the opportunity to flourish. But in a nation where education has been designed around the “average” student – rather...
The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House have all stressed the importance of property tax relief. The Comptroller too. And now the Texas Legislature has weighed in. Yesterday, the House and the Senate released their introduced budgets (see here and here), providing an outline of the tax relief package that could be...
School choice is surging in popularity: 74% of parents with school-aged children want control over their children’s education dollars. Here in Texas, a majority from across the political spectrum is on board. Now that state legislators have convened for the 2023 session, it’s time to make school choice a priority. Several lawmakers have already filed promising bills. For example, Senate...
School Choice Helps Everyone What to know: Opponents of parent empowerment are relying on rural Republicans in Texas to block any meaningful bills. The TPPF take: Empowering parents to make the key decisions about their children’s education benefits everyone involved. “Florida’s experience shows that parent empowerment benefits everyone—even rural areas,” says TPPF’s Roy Maynard. “So far, 24 studies show that...
School Choice and Special Education What to know: Special education students can benefit from a greater array of options for their parents to choose. The TPPF take: Every child should have access to the education that best meets their unique learning styles. “Like all children, students with disabilities deserve the opportunity to flourish. But in a nation where education...
School Choice Works What to know: Texas Tech economics Professor Alexander Salter writes in the Austin American-Statesman that data gleaned from other states shows parent empowerment works. The TPPF take: It’s time for Texas lawmakers to empower Texas parents. “Researchers have done important work demonstrating, by any reasonable standard, that school choice works,” says Salter. “Now it’s up to public servants...
Since it has been unable to pass new gun restrictions through the legislative process, President Biden’s Administration is intentionally ignoring and misinterpreting well-established law to shut down lawfully operating gun dealers. TPPF Senior Attorney Matt Miller breaks down how this backdoor scheme works and explains TPPF’s lawsuit to restore Americans’ legal right to purchase firearms.
Illegal activity that harms the U.S. is coming from Mexico in much the same way as it does from other corrupt individuals in other countries the U.S. currently sanctions. Texas should compile a list of corrupt Mexican elites and request the federal government to deny them entry to the U.S. or revoke their visas. Read...
Over the past two years, some parents were shocked to learn that activists school boards, administrators, and teachers have been subjecting students to controversial subjects and material without parents’ consent. Shannon Braun was elected to the Colleyville ISD school board on a promise to protect students and parents’ rights and has been fighting ever since....
Teachers’ unions and Democrats want to perpetuate COVID pandemic forever Way to go, teachers unions! America’s school children were among the big casualties of COVID-19 pandemic policies. Shuttered schools and remote learning sank national math scores, slashed individual lifetime earnings, and stunted the economic growth potential. Once again, our children were political pawns in a...
As of this winter, 36 states had passed legislation aimed at keeping critical race theory and other “divisive concepts,” sometimes referred to in law as “prohibited concepts,” out of K-12 public school classrooms. Despite these efforts, these very concepts are still being taught under the guise of addressing mental health and well-being. And I fear it is...
Last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill putting the brakes on critical race Theory (CRT) in the classroom. CRT is a familiar term to most college graduates: it’s a worldview rooted in cultural Marxism, critical theory, and postmodernist theories. Although you’d think an idea like this wouldn’t be found in a...
Unless Republicans and Democrats begin to place the good of the nation above raw politics, the Senate will use a rushed process to place Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court. We have heard that the Senate needs to make history by appointing a Black woman, even though Democrats, led by then-Sen. Joe Biden rejected former...