Sky-high Prescription Prices
What to know: New Jersey is the latest of 43 states suing drug makers for price fixing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/generic-drug-prices-rigged-pharmaceutical-165427028.html
The TPPF take: Americans are deeply concerned about the cost of prescription drugs—and for good reason.
“Most people believe high prices are simply the result of expensive research and development, which may hold for some cutting-edge therapies,” says TPPF’s Brian Phillips. “But it’s also the case that pharmaceutical companies, insurance industry, and their middlemen, often exploit complex regulations to jack up the cost of their products.”
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https://thecannononline.com/rigging-drug-prices/
Heating Up
What to know: The higher education reform “wars” are heating up, Washington Monthly magazine reports. One major question is who gets to accredit colleges and universities.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/06/the-higher-education-accreditation-wars-are-heating-up/
The TPPF take: Texas holds the keys to higher education reform.
“It is a tough challenge, but Texas state leaders have learned that it is not impossible if you pass comprehensive laws and closely monitor compliance, break up accreditation cartels, focus on performance-based outcomes for students and make sure the regents and trustees who are charged with running universities are empowered to do so—overseeing the education of those who will become the next “guardians of our Republic,’” says TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester.
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https://thecannononline.com/texas-holds-the-keys-to-higher-ed-reform/
That’s a Start
What to know: The Ten Commandments are back in Texas classrooms, following a court ruling. But the broader questions remains, how much should children be taught about Christianity—and Western civilization?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_b1efff4c-c6e1-4fa4-be5b-8cb0f21699fb.html
The TPPF take: A recent episode of “Parent Empowerment with Mandy Drogin” examined the fight over what American students should be taught about Western civilization, religion, economics, and the nation’s founding ideals.
“In too many places in American higher education, you get a kind of anti-civic education, anti-Western civilization and anti-American values,” guest Justin Dyer says. “Texas decided we were going to do something about that.”
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