This issue of Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features the Foundation's efforts to inform the public of the human cost of subsidizing wind energy, abolishing the "Robin Hood" school property tax, combating our growing civic illiteracy, and our part in the ACA lawsuit.
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security approved a $7.5 billion reimbursement to Texas for costs incurred securing the southern border during the Biden border crisis. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), who worked to secure the reimbursement after Texas spent more than $11 billion on its border security mission, called it a victory...
In the latest report from FIRE, President and CEO Greg Lukianoff sketches a dire situation: “[T]he overall state of free speech on campus is grim.” Who is responsible for this bleak reality? Lukianoff blames everyone; college administrators, the government, and students who advocate for “censorship, and limit academic freedom.” Some of the statistics are shocking, yet unsurprising...