John Davidson is a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Davidson began his career in journalism, and has worked for a wide variety of publications and media companies.
House Bill 3782 (2023)* proposes to establish a Border Security Advisory Council to advise the Legislature and the governor, or the governor’s designee, on homeland security issues impacting the security of the Texas–Mexico border and on streamlining statewide border security activities and initiatives. The bill would also create the Border Protection Task Force to provide...
Supervised drug consumption sites are illegal under federal law, but several have opened as a remedy to the drug overdose crisis our nation faces. Key points – Supervised drug consumption sites are illegal under federal law. – Supervised drug consumption sites, while effective at overdose reversal, have proven ineffective at leading addicts into treatment. –...
Proponents of Medicaid expansion are predictable, though it’s not completely their fault. For more than a decade they’ve had to rely on a single talking point—one statistic—to make their case. Expanding eligibility for Medicaid would increase the number of Texans who have insurance. That’s it. That’s the whole argument. A million formerly uninsured Texans would...