The Right Idea

Brian Phillips and Derek Cohen discuss the upcoming Texas Legislative Session and the key issues that lie ahead with TPPF’s Vice President of Policy, Andrew Brown.

1:24 Hot Take: New Year’s Resolutions
5:55 Parent Empowerment
8:34 Water
10:55 The Economy
12:37 Property Taxes
16:59 School Choice/Parent Empowerment
25:11 The Border
30:40 Energy
34:36 Higher Education / DEI
36:14 Housing Affordability
40:10 Technology Policies
43:12 Survey Says! Healthcare!
49:33 Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: Gambling In Texas
59:24 What to watch for

Creators and Guests

Host
Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips is the Chief Communications Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. For over a decade, Brian has helped policymakers and political candidates develop effective messages and communication strategies. Phillips is a veteran of presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial campaigns, and has extensive experience working in the United States Congress and public policy think tanks.
Host
Derek M. Cohen
Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Chief Policy & Research Officer and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the Vice President of Policy and director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.
Guest
Andrew Brown
Andrew C. Brown, JD, is the Vice President of Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

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The Right Idea: The Texas Public Policy Foundation's weekly look at the people, policy, and politics that drive Texas.