Budget & Tax News

February 5, 2020

Legal Firearms on Legal Firearms on College Campuses Don’t Increase Violence, Universities Report

By Nolan Ryan

he College Fix, a news website, contacted “multiple public universities in states where campus carry is legal,” and none of those responding reported any increase in gun violence since adopting policies allowing campus carry.

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Regulation

Education

February 3, 2020

Congress Considers Broader Protections for Corporate Whistleblowers

By Ashley Herzog

The U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of protection under existing law to employees who report wrongdoing directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Regulation

Economy

January 23, 2020

Taxpayer Protection Pledge Works, Thanks to Americans for Tax Reform

ATR is known for the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, policy advocacy at the state and federal levels, and its wide-ranging coalition-building efforts.

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Taxes

January 21, 2020

California Prevents Public Schools from Suspending K-8 Students for ‘Willful Defiance’

By Brandon Best

S.B. 419 expands the prohibition to students in charter schools.

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Education

January 21, 2020

Texas Takes Control of Houston Public Schools

By Ashley Bateman

Teachers unions and members of the HISD Board of Trustees, who were locally elected, oppose the state takeover, but the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is appointing a new superintendent and community board for the district.

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Education

Government Spending

Government & Politics

January 21, 2020

Judges Order Government Spending Without Representation in Illinois

"Our research revealed Illinois legislators have acquiesced to a power grab by the federal and state judiciary."

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Government Spending

Law

January 21, 2020

‘Old-Fashioned Land Grab’ in Colorado Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

By Ashley Herzog

Colorado law allows property owners and residents to form “special municipal districts” that can use eminent domain to take private property.

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Law

January 20, 2020

Urban Planners Ignore City Labor Markets

Review of Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, by Alain Bertaud (MIT Press, 2018), 432 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0262038768; $36.64

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Economy

Regulation

January 20, 2020

Local Governments Suffered Nearly a Thousand Ransomware Attacks, Report Finds

By Nolan Ryan

At least 948 government entities in the United States were attacked by ransomware hackers extorting money in 2019, a new report states.

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InfoTech & Telecom

January 16, 2020

Michigan Court Halts Governor’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigs, Vapes

By Lindsey Stroud

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to issue emergency rules banning online and retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes, in response to reports of an increase in vaping-related lung diseases.

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Regulation

Law

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