Empowering Parents What to know: The Oklahoma State House has passed a parent empowerment bill that would ensure parents are the key decision-makers in their children’s educations. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says it’s “the most expansive education parents’ choice bill in the country.” The TPPF take: Is 2023 the year for parent empowerment in Texas? “Once parents are empowered...
Gutting the Grid What to know: One of the nation’s largest grid operators warns the U.S. is retiring too many reliable fossil fuel-fired power plants, and adding too much unreliable renewable energy. The TPPF take: The Public Utility Commission of Texas says we need more investment in generation to fix the Texas grid, but what we really...
Protecting Children What to know: Many in the Texas media just can’t understand why parents wish to preserve childhood innocence and protect girls’ sports (and locker rooms). The TPPF take: We must protect children—especially girls. “Tricking our girls into thinking that they should just give up on who they are, and ‘become a boy’ instead of loving and embracing...
Social Cost of Carbon What to know: The EPA is planning to raise the “social cost of carbon,” a number that figures into how the government regulates industries. The TPPF take: The “social cost of carbon” is a made-up number. “In his second month in office, Biden reinstated the social cost of carbon to $51 per metric ton from...
Parents Empowered What to know: At a standing-room-only event in Temple on Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott voiced again his support for parent empowerment, declaring that “the time for education freedom in Texas is now.” The TPPF take: The Temple event was organized by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Once parents are empowered with real choices, schools respond with new...
False Compassion What to know: The Dallas Morning News says Texas lawmakers must expand Medicaid this session, in the name of compassion. The TPPF take: Expanding the flawed Medicaid system would be false compassion. “A recent study by the Mercatus Center that found, ‘Medicaid expansion may well have had the unintended side effect of causing the perceived needs of...
Crisis at the Border What to know: The head of Mexico’s FBI is now on trial for accepting bribes from the criminal cartels. The TPPF take: President Biden’s border policies allow corruption like this to flourish. “Since day one of his presidency, Joe Biden has made it clear that he would rather allow cartels to control our border than...
Illegal and Wrong What to know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has warned state agencies that using “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) policies in hiring is illegal. The TPPF take: DEI has been “manipulated to push policies that expressly favor some demographic groups to the detriment of others,” the governor’s memo points out. “Texas colleges and universities are giving preferential...
State of the State What to know: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will give the “State of the State” address tonight and identify emergency items for the Legislature to take up immediately. The TPPF take: Many Texans are hopeful that property tax relief will be named as a top priority. “Gov. Abbott—and just about every Texas taxpayer—recognize the need for...
Compassion, not Confusion What to know: South Dakota has become the latest state to ban gender transition treatments for children. The TPPF take: Confused kids must be treated with compassion—and protected from the radical trans activists who are driving this narrative. “Kids are looking for something they can’t find,” pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Quentin Van Meter told TPPF recently. “They get into...
Not in Texas What to know: Gov. Greg Abbott has warned Texas state agencies that using diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the hiring process for state jobs is illegal. The TPPF take: As the governor’s office explains, DEI “has been manipulated to push policies that expressly favor some demographic groups to the detriment of others.” “DEI is not...
Vindicated What to know: Evidence continues to mount that voter ID laws don’t disenfranchise anyone—and that they improve confidence in our elections. The TPPF take: Ensuring voter eligibility is essential to the validity of election results. “When the left argued against photo voter ID, they said it was racist to make voters prove who they are,” says TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester....