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October 20, 2017
It Would Be Nice If The Media Checked At Least A Little Into Its Leftist Sources
Our “news media” – a term I use as loosely as is possible – never finds it beneath them to use as “sources” whatever Leftist hacks they can find.
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Taxes
October 20, 2017
Second Gas Tax Hike Repeal Campaign Revs Up In California
After an earlier ballot campaign seeking to repeal a big gas-tax hike in California stalled, another group of taxpayers will begin collecting signatures for a ballot question, picking up where the first campaign left off.
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Taxes
October 20, 2017
Rhode Island Legislature Considers Sports Stadium Subsidy Deal
The Rhode Island Legislature heard arguments for and against giving $38 million in state taxpayer money to the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sex (PawSox), a local minor-league baseball team seeking subsidies to finance a new stadium’s construction.
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Environment
October 20, 2017
Offshore Activity Restrictions in White House, Congressional Crosshairs
The White House and Congress are working to modify the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which they say is holding back domestic energy production and energy independence.
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Taxes
October 19, 2017
Trump, Congressional Leadership Reach Agreement on Tax Reform Goals
In late September, President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders released a nine-page memorandum listing goals for proposed tax reform bills.
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Government Spending
October 19, 2017
Fayetteville, North Carolina Taxpayers Footing Bill for New Ballpark
Fayetteville, North Carolina and Cumberland County elected officials are finalizing negotiations over sharing the cost of a stadium subsidy for a new minor-league baseball stadium in the city.
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October 20, 2017
It Would Be Nice If The Media Checked At Least A Little Into Its Leftist Sources
By Seton Motley
Our “news media” – a term I use as loosely as is possible – never finds it beneath them to use as “sources” whatever Leftist hacks they can find.
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October 20, 2017
Second Gas Tax Hike Repeal Campaign Revs Up In California
By Brandi Wielgopolski
After an earlier ballot campaign seeking to repeal a big gas-tax hike in California stalled, another group of taxpayers will begin collecting signatures for a ballot question, picking up where the first campaign left off.
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October 20, 2017
Rhode Island Legislature Considers Sports Stadium Subsidy Deal
By Emma Restuccia
The Rhode Island Legislature heard arguments for and against giving $38 million in state taxpayer money to the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sex (PawSox), a local minor-league baseball team seeking subsidies to finance a new stadium’s construction.
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October 20, 2017
Offshore Activity Restrictions in White House, Congressional Crosshairs
By Kathy Hoekstra
The White House and Congress are working to modify the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which they say is holding back domestic energy production and energy independence.
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October 19, 2017
Trump, Congressional Leadership Reach Agreement on Tax Reform Goals
By Leo Pusateri
In late September, President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders released a nine-page memorandum listing goals for proposed tax reform bills.
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October 19, 2017
Fayetteville, North Carolina Taxpayers Footing Bill for New Ballpark
By Andrea Dillon
Fayetteville, North Carolina and Cumberland County elected officials are finalizing negotiations over sharing the cost of a stadium subsidy for a new minor-league baseball stadium in the city.
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October 19, 2017
Obamacare Repeal Late, But Not Dead, Congressman Says
By Hayley Sledge
A U.S. Senator says the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” with a better, free-market solution is merely delayed, not dead.
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October 19, 2017
The Political and Economic Mystiques of State Power
By Richard Ebeling
One of the great political mysteries has been the success of governments in ruling over societies with little opposition and resistance from the vast majority of the population.
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October 19, 2017
Legislative Pulse: Wyoming Wins Wolf, Monument Battles
By H. Sterling Burnett
Wyoming state Sen. Bruce Burns (R-Sheridan) says Wyoming's struggles have a lot to teach the country concerning relations with the federal government over endangered species and national monuments.
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October 18, 2017
Why Do College Students Want Freedom From Speech?
By Robert G. Holland
Responding to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement the Trump administration will begin siding with plaintiffs in challenging public universities that fail to uphold freedom of speech.
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October 18, 2017
ESAs Present Lawmakers with a Golden Opportunity to Help New Hampshire Kids
By Tim Benson
In April, the New Hampshire House of Representatives had a golden opportunity to do something heroic for Granite State kids by passing a universal education savings account (ESA) bill, but it flinched at the last minute and “retained” it in committee
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October 18, 2017
Military Families Want More Flexibility in Education, Survey Finds
By Teresa Mull
School Choice Weekly #196
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October 18, 2017
Burlington Telecom Has Failed
By Lindsey Stroud
Burlington Telecom is an example of why municipal telecom and other similar government projects don't work.
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October 18, 2017
Delaware Revisits Offshore Wind Energy
By Kathy Hoekstra
Delaware Gov. John Carney issued an executive order directing the state government to create a “working group” to explore the potential economic and environmental benefits of offshore wind development.
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October 17, 2017
The Economics of Protest
By Todd Gabel
There is a difficult paradox between the NFL protests today directly at the center of the debates: it may be American to have the right to protest, but it may be un-American to choose to use it.
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October 17, 2017
BLM Proposes Oil and Gas Leases in Utah
By H. Sterling Burnett
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has proposed leasing 75 parcels for oil and gas production in Utah’s Duchesne, Uintah, and Emery counties in December, including one parcel near Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument.
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October 16, 2017
The Obama EPA’s Crooked Prosecutors
By Paul Driessen
The agency’s carbon dioxide climate “endangerment finding” was a kangaroo court process.
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October 16, 2017
Will Questioning Climate Change Become Illegal in Canada?
By Tom Harris
Ecojustice wants government “cops” to investigate, punish and silence dissent.
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October 16, 2017
This Year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Has Not Been Historically Unusual
By Joseph S. D'Aleo
The waxing and waning of powerful hurricane seasons is not new.
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October 16, 2017
To Lure Foxconn, Wisconsin Waives Environmental Regulations
By Bonner R. Cohen
The state of Wisconsin is waiving several environmental regulations as part of a deal that enticed Taiwanese company Foxconn to build a high-tech manufacturing plant in Wisconsin.
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