Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. With less than 60 days to go in the Legislative Session and two Texas teams in the Final Four tournaments this weekend, the already-hectic pace is approaching light speed. Here’s who made...
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has just updated its superintendent salary database, revealing some eye-popping new detail about public executive compensation. According to TEA’s latest salary data, there were approximately 1,200 superintendent positions in Texas during the 2024-25 school year, which were either filled in a full-time or part-time capacity. For full-time administrators, the median...
The Texas legislative session is in full swing. With topics like school choice, fixing the electrical grid, and AI regulations will rightly be in the spotlight, Texas lawmakers should prioritize the widespread problem of non-profit hospitals not living up to their charitable mission. A report published last December by the Texas Health and Human Service...
When Texas passes legislation to create education savings accounts, it will be the largest launch of a school choice program in America’s history. Families of roughly 100,000 students will have more options than the current system allows to choose the best education for their child. And while Texans like to brag that we do everything...
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider the SAVE Act this week; the bill would ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections. There are two federal laws that govern election administration and voter registration—the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). While the law already requires...
China’s got three ways to go at Taiwan: a patient choke, a lightning grab, or full chaos. On March 4, in response to President Donald J. Trump’s strategy of using tariffs to bring manufacturing back America and restore fair trade, the Chinese embassy ominously warned that China was ready for any “type of war” with...
For too long, Texas has been held hostage to the whims of federal immigration policy. When Washington decides to enforce our laws, Texans breathe easier. When it doesn’t, our communities suffer—bearing the costs of unchecked illegal immigration, cartel violence, and overwhelmed public services. This cycle of vulnerability must end. President Trump’s January 20th executive order...
One week before the Texas Legislature gaveled in to do the work of Texans, the House and Senate held a joint committee hearing to study the effects of social media on minors. The goal was simple — to hear from experts, advocates and victims of social media to better understand why our kids are being...
From March 15-20, 2025, I led an expedition to Mexico City on behalf of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and America First Policy Institute to get the perspectives of local partners living under Mexico’s MORENA regime. Since December 2019, TPPF has consistently argued that Mexico’s MORENA regime, a left-populist movement closely allied with that nation’s...
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on 1370 Talk Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. With Women’s History Month coming to a close and March Madness trickling down to the Elite Eight, here’s who made the list: Winner: Trump’s Women’s History Month Speech at the White House...
New data compiled by TPPF shows that as much as $98 million could be flowing from taxpayers through local governments and into the pockets of well-heeled Austin lobbyists. It should stop. Using tax dollars to fund lobbyists is wasteful, needless, and violates basic principles of limited government. That’s potentially $98 million – up from $75...
Every year around late April, I start receiving graduation announcements from friends and family across Texas. I love seeing these photos—proud parents beaming with joy, celebrating the accomplishments of their kids. It’s a special moment. But every one of those announcements brings a pit to my stomach. Because behind the caps and gowns, behind the...