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.
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....
What do you do when your local government defies the will of voters and borrows hundreds of millions of dollars taxpayers did not approve but will have to pay back? Amarillo businessman decided to find out after his town’s city council did just that. Now he’s immersed in a fight to protect democracy against an...
Ellen Troxclair was the lone conservative who experienced the inner workings of far-left local government policy making behind the scenes in Austin. As a lonely voice for greater transparency and accountability, Troxclair sheds light on the tremendous influence local governments can have on Texans’ everyday quality of life.
Corey DeAngelis sees unprecedented momentum behind the movement to give parents the right to choose the best education for their children. He says several states have already passed critical reforms to empower parents and there’s no reason Texas shouldn’t be the next leader to do what’s right for parents and students.
Dr. Quentin Van Meter, who has worked on pediatric hormone disorders for decades, discusses the current controversy surrounding the lack of conclusive evidence that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones help children overcome gender dysphoria. TPPF’s Andrew Brown has published new research on gender modification and what state policymakers are doing to protect children
TPPF’s Zach Whiting, Senior Fellow of Technology Policy, discusses why states are moving to address technology policy in a way that protects consumer rights and data privacy without using the heavy hand of government.
When parent Jeremy Story confronted the Round Rock ISD school board over troubling allegations about its new nominee for superintendent, the board responded with a series of disrespectful and likely illegal actions to ignore the concerns and limit the rights of parents in the community. Mr. Story recounts his ordeal of the last year and...
As the Senior Curator and Historian for the Alamo, nobody knows more about the Alamo than Ernesto Rodriguez — he’s been working around the shrine to Texas Liberty his entire life and teaches Texans every day about what happened there and what needs to be done to make sure we preserve this sacred space and...
Property taxes in Texas are too high and getting worse. They threaten to drive people out of their own homes. TPPF Policy Director James Quintero breaks down what is driving the increase and what Texans can do right now to protect themselves and their families from runaway local governments.
As a former chancellor for Texas Tech, Kent Hance has been making history in Texas his entire life — serving in the State Legislature and representing Texas in Congress — first as a Democrat and then as a Republican, he has stood up to Keep Texas Texan and make the Lone Star State even greater....
President Joe Biden is either ignoring or exacerbating the crisis at the border. From his first week in office, he has reversed several Trump-era policies that were stemming the tide of illegal migration. Retired Chief of U.S. Border Patrol Rodney Scott breaks down the actions of the administration that are making the crisis worse and...