The Time is Now
What to know: Another poll has confirmed the majority of Texans support Education Savings Accounts—including a majority of Blacks, Hispanics and Democrats.
The TPPF take: Now is the time to empower Texas parents with real school choice.
“In Texas, our public schools are still assigned based on a child’s address, which are still highly segregated along socio-economic and racial lines,” writes TPPF’s Mandy Drogin. “School choice removes those artificial boundaries and allows parents to make the decision about what is best for their child. School choice breaks down institutional barriers, like zoning, and lifts up the students stuck in bad schools.”
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Where’d the Money Go?
What to know: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have audited the state’s massive spending on homelessness.
TPPF Take: Newsom claims that requiring audits to be conducted by government auditors would be redundant, and instead will rely on the program to self-report.
“This is like putting a mouse in charge of keeping track of cheese,” says TPPF’s John Bonura. “The problem California is facing is just a microcosm of the wider homeless problem America is facing. Housing First was lauded as the policy that would end homelessness in 10 years. It has been more than 10 years now, and the number of people living without homes has only gone up.”
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Don’t Blow It
What to know: A number of offshore wind projects are moving forward, despite environmental concerns and ongoing litigation—including a case filed by TPPF attorneys.
The TPPF take: Offshore wind energy is expensive—and harmful to the environment.
“The political pressure to implement offshore wind has been intense,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “The Interior Department’s ‘Smart from the Start’ program fast-tracks offshore wind development, improperly granting permissions allowing foreign-owned energy companies to move forward despite the harms to our safety, our domestic industries and our environment.”
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