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The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is an American conservative think tank based in Austin, Texas. [2] The organization was co-founded in 1989 by James R. Leininger and Fritz S. Steiger, who sought intellectual support for his education reform ideas, including public school vouchers . [ 3 ]
Texas 2036 is a nonpartisan public policy think tank founded by Dallas attorney Tom Luce. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings joined the organization in 2019 and served as president and CEO until 2023.
Radha Madhav Dham (Barsana Dham) was established in 1990 as the main US center of the International Society of Divine Love, which was founded in the 1970s. [13] Radha Madhav Dham was built to be a representation of the holy land of Braj in India where Radha and Krishna are believed by Hindus to have appeared, over 5,000 years ago.
When conservative lawmakers in Florida and Texas won the fight to allow religious chaplains in public schools, they swung open the door to ministers from other faiths — including the Satanic Temple.
The bill would allow “families to choose the option for all computed funding amounts associated with students’ education to follow them to the public and nonpublic schools they attend.” [29] During the 2022 Columbus City Schools teachers strike, CCV placed six billboards highlighting the bill and promote private schools through school ...
The South Texas Project (STP) was founded in 1972 by the ACLU. [4] In 1978, attorney James C. Harrington created Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido, Inc. (OLPU) as a grassroots foundation in South Texas. STP came under the auspices of OLPU soon after OLPU was founded. OLPU was a part of the late-1960s farm worker movement headed by César Chávez.
The project was formed in 2011 after TLSC received a grant [23] from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for Veterans Assistance. Today, it is funded by a grant from the Texas Access to Justice Commission. That grant allows the Texas Legal Services Center to help Texas veterans with incomes up to 200% [24] of federal poverty guidelines.
Since 1992, the group has sponsored Project 21, a "national leadership network of black conservatives". Project 21 provides research and commentary on public policy issues from a conservative black perspective to the U.S. news media at large and to African American community newspapers and media outlets.