2013 Veritas Issue 2

Oil & Gas Industry Needs STEM Students: Texas Education Regulator Does Right by Texas Textbooks

Texas made headlines this weekend after the State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected efforts to villainize oil and gas in textbooks used by our public schools. In the Lone Star State, education and fossil fuels have a symbiotic relationship. Nearly all—99%—of the state’s oil and gas royalties are deposited in the Permanent School Fund and...

Veritas February 2017

Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, highlights the Foundation's role in the current 85th Legislature, how the Foundation plans to empower states and restore economic opportunity to all Americans, and how education savings accounts can transform Texan children and families. Veritas also profiles new center directors Chip Roy & Brandon Logan, addresses Millennials...

Biden Administration Planned to Facilitate Fraud as Part of Loan Forgiveness Plan

It is no secret that the Biden administration wants to forgive student loans. One—of at least eight—of its forgiveness proposals has been definitively buried, which would have forgiven up to $20,000 per borrower, or $10,000 if not a Pell Grant recipient. There were many reasons why this plan was terribly designed, and it was ultimately ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. But...