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Alaska’s Bold Pension Reforms
By Nick Oswald Unfunded pension liabilities are becoming a greater and greater threat to state budgets. However, the American Legislative…
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Massachusetts Targets Tech Sector for Revenue
With a pool of tech-focused firms and a slew of graduates from top-notch universities like MIT and Harvard, it’s no…
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Myth of the Day: Real Household Income Has Not Grown in the Last 20 Years
One key tax myth that drives much of the desire for redistribution is the notion that real household income is…
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States Find Success Promoting Advanced Communications Technologies
By Jon Anzur The dynamic and fluid nature of the Internet has helped to ease communications, but those same characteristics…
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Michigan Pension Reform: A Model for the Nation
Americans have become accustomed to hearing about unfunded liabilities generated by the various federal entitlement programs, but many state and…
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Successful Pension Reform in Rhode Island
In ALEC’s latest publication, Keeping The Promise: State Solutions For Government Pension Reform, former State Senator Dan Liljenquist details…
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Private Sector Strives to Close Digital Divide
The Internet is no longer a luxury—it is essential. The Internet brings not only all the modern conveniences—the ease of…
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Medicaid Expansion: The Wrong Prescription for Virginia
Medicaid has fallen short of delivering proper health care to low income residents, and other expansions of Medicaid, done in a similar fashion to what is provided in the ACA, have fallen short of delivering the promised cost reductions.
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The Utah Pension Reform Model
At a time when nearly all state government pension funds are suffering from severe underfunding, there are a few bright…
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Farewell to the State Death Tax
by State Sen. Jim Banks (Columbia City, IN) We’ve all heard Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote: “In this world, nothing can…
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American Legislative Exchange Council considers Washington’s new tax preference transparency law
This article written by Jason Mercier originally appeared on washingtonpolicy.org. This is reproduced with permission from Washington Policy Center. Please…
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New Release: Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for Government Pension Reform
By: Nick Oswald and Jonathan Williams. Detroit recently became the largest U.S. city in America to declare bankruptcy. While many…
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Tax Neutrality Key to Pro-Growth Economy
One common accusation levied against the American Legislative Exchange Council is that we advance an agenda that is pro-“big business”…
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Hey Chicago, Whattya Say? Chapter 9 On the Way?
When Detroit filed for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, observers offered many reasons for the city’s dire fiscal condition. A very narrow discussion just about Detroit’s condition fails to tell the the truth that approximately 100 cities across America face profound fiscal challenges very similar in scope—even with more diverse economies and steadier population. In fact, Chicago is one of those cities.
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ALEC is Right | Tax Analysts
This segment is from David Brunori’s latest column, “Sales Tax Holidays and Planet of the Apes,” from Tax Analysts. This…
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Affordable Care Act Problems Multiply Part II: Fraud Concerns and Privacy
By: Tony Glosson Welcome to Part II of our two-part series on pressing problems with implementation of the Affordable Care…
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The California Non-Comeback
A version of this post originally appeared on Real Clear Policy. An old adage cautions, “if something seems too…
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Sneak Peek: Lawsuit Reform for Competitive State Economies Being Released Next Week
The last quarter century has seen a significant decline in the number of legislators with law degrees, down to only…
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FCC Moves to Reform E-Rate Program
By Jon Anzur The number of digitally-connected schools has increased 83 percent during the past 15 years, thanks in part…
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WATCH: The Benefits of Digital Learning
In this video, Utah Senator and ALEC Digital Learning Subcommittee Chairman, Howard Stephenson, explains to 53 education leaders from…