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Giving Tuesday
States with higher taxes strongly correlate with less giving, while states with lower taxes tend to see higher rates of giving.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Taxpayers!
State leaders across the country have advanced pro-growth fiscal reforms that will expand economic opportunity and growth.
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VIDEO: Colorado’s Economic Competitiveness
In the latest Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, Colorado's economic outlook ranked a modest 21st.
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The Williams Report
A look at fiscal headlines from statehouses nationwide
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Technology, Innovation and Calculating Risk
Facebook has blocked a British insurance company from using its social media website to analyze whether a new driver…
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Initial Thoughts On State Ballot Measures
While most of the attention this week has been focused on national election results, the ballot measures decided this week at the ballot box will have a lasting impact on hardworking taxpayers across the nation.
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How the FCC’s ISP Privacy Rule has an Eye toward the Past, Not toward the Present or the Future
When is a privacy rule not about privacy? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently finalized proposed rules regarding what Internet…
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Good Tax Policy Doesn’t Need 12 Steps
Seldom has a year gone by without the release of some new study waxing wide on the public health costs associated with alcohol abuse, often with recommendations for significant tax increases or sales restrictions on alcohol.
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Illinois Creates Robust Juvenile Re-Entry Facility
In an attempt to reform Illinois’s criminal justice so that offenders can better transition out of the corrections system, Gov.
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Video: Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita Addresses ALEC Attendees
Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita (CD-4) explained the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), recent federal education reforms that put more power…
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Everything is Coming Up Battery Storage
Energy innovation has an equivalent of singularity: the day when affordable, scalable, reliable battery storage technology collides with intermittent generation…
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Video: ALEC Leaders Discuss New Pension Report
As Senator Dan Liljenquist explains, pension reform is not a partisan problem, but a math problem.
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The Williams Report
"Unfunded pension liabilities for the top 50 local governments ranked by outstanding debt have more than doubled over the last decade," Moody's reports.
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Video: John Tillman Addresses ALEC Attendees
“The truth is that we want to unleash the human spirit that lives within every one of us. We want…
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Video: ALEC Education Panel with Secretary Bill Bennett
Secretary Bill Bennett moderated a panel on Education reform with Education enthusiasts Utah Senator Howard Stephenson, Chairman of the Public…
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Spooky, Scary Pension Fund Skeletons
If states want to keep their pension plans healthy, and avoid a virtual apocalypse of the pension undead, reform is indispensable.
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Video: Travis Brown Addresses ALEC Attendees
Mr. Travis Brown spoke about job creation and entrepreneurship and shared about tools employers can use to educate their employees…
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Maine’s Anti-Growth Ballot Measures
Higher tax and regulatory burdens will make Maine less competitive for jobs and businesses in its region and the nation at large, and would erase years of progress in making Maine more competitive.
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Voters from Three States Will Consider Energy Related Ballot Measures This November
While our nation’s collective attention has recently been drawn to an especially combative presidential race, voters from three states will…
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Video: Dr. Steve Perry Addresses ALEC attendees
Dr. Steve Perry gave an impassioned speech about revolutionizing education to increase school choice, opportunity and success in American multicultural…