That’s The Plan What to know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has endorsed TPPF’s plan for compressing property tax rates: “That’s my plan,” he tweeted, “Use the TPPF roadmap to end property taxes.” The TPPF take: Tax compression is relatively straightforward. “In recent years, tax rate compression efforts have centered on using state funds to buy down school district M&O...
Tax Compression What to know: Leaders in the Texas Legislature, as well as Gov. Greg Abbott, are signaling their support for tax rate compression as the best way to reform the property tax system. The TPPF take: Tax rate compression is the only approach that provides broad-based relief for all and propels Texas down the pathway toward a complete...
Texas, Our Texas What to know: A Texan man who is standing up to wokeism in the Texas State Historical Association gained a procedural win in a Galveston courtroom on Tuesday. The TPPF take: This is a win for how we teach Texas history. J.P. Bryan, the volunteer executive director of the TSHA, says the whole story about Texas...
What to know: The Texas Legislature gaveled out the 88th regular session on Monday. The TPPF take: There’s unfinished business in the Texas Legislature. “The 88th Texas legislature made tremendous progress this session, but the work remains unfinished. The failure to complete several major initiatives are so significant that TPPF supports a call for a special session,” says TPPF’s Greg Sindelar. “The...
Happy Sine Die Edition! The End is in Sight What to know: Today is the last day of the 88th Texas Legislature’s regular session, or “Sine Die.” The TPPF take: As a wise man once observed, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” “There’s still a long way to go in the legislative process and there’s still tremendous...
Addressing the Border Crisis What to know: The Texas Senate has passed House Bill 7, a wide-ranging array of immigration and border security reforms. The TPPF take: This bill will give additional tools to the state of Texas to rein in the crisis at our southern border. “This border security legislation is needed in order to protect Texans and...
The New Segregation What to know: The University of California at Berkeley held a segregated graduation ceremony for black students. The TPPF take: Wokeness threatens to undo everything that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. achieved. “The just goals he fought for, equal opportunity for all and a color-blind society, have been set aside by modern critical race theorists, in...
Energy Dependence What to know: Under the guise of ESG, financial institutions and insurance providers are colluding to deny access to American energy producers of needed products and services. The TPPF take: The ESG movement is all about power, not about maximizing returns for investors. “ESG investing, which could be a useful tool for individuals to make informed choices about their...
Movin’ Out What to know: Piano Man Billy Joel has decided to leave New York for Florida, with its lower taxes and abundant sanity. The TPPF take: While he’s at it, Billy should say goodbye to Hollywood. It’s only getting more expensive and more chaotic, too. “When people vote—with a moving van or a U-Haul truck—they vote for lower...
Saving Texas History What to know: Can the newly woke Texas State Historical Association be saved? The group’s executive director is taking the TSTA board to court. How Texas history will be taught is in the balance. The TPPF take: J.P. Bryan, the executive director seeking to save the TSTA, just wants the group to obey its own bylaws....
Rock the Vote What to know: Tarrant County has formed an election fraud task force. It’s one of the very few in the state. The TPPF take: Crimes, such as election fraud, that don’t get prosecuted don’t get obeyed. “About half of the cars outside my house clearly travel far faster than the posted 25 mph speed limit,” says...
Saving the Children What to know: A bill to protect children from experimental “gender modification” treatments, including cross-sex hormones and surgeries, has passed in the Texas House. The TPPF take: Texas is right to protect children from experimental treatments. “There remains no clear and conclusive evidence that blocking puberty, administering cross-sex hormones, or, least of all, performing surgical and...