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Distinguishing Myth from Reality: The Kansas Tax Reform Effort
Tax policy changes in Kansas have received more media attention than any other state-level fiscal reforms in recent memory –…
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Spending Growth and Volatile Revenue Trouble in the Treasure State
Montana’s fiscal well-being suffers from two problematic trends: a highly volatile tax structure and a propensity to increase spending. These…
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Restoring the Balance of Power
ALEC-FreedomWorks State Legislator of the Week This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Utah State Representative…
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Center for Innovation and Technology Update – November 2017
The American Technology Council, started by President Trump, released a draft report in August…
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State Legislator Grove Says Tax Reform is Federal and State Issue
ALEC member and Pennsylvania State Representative, Seth Grove, joined ALEC Chief Economist, Jonathan Williams, as a panelist at the Heritage…
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Proposed Tax Increases Threaten to Stunt Oklahoma Recovery
The Oklahoma legislature is considering tax increases on cigarettes, beer, and fuel, along with doubling the severance tax on new…
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Victory for Free Speech and Donor Privacy
After years of litigation, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on October 26 that the Justice Department has entered into settlements…
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Oregon Triggered by Poor Tax Policy
Oregon taxpayers will receive $464 million worth of their income tax payments back as refundable credits on…
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Upholding Constitutional Values in Utah
ALEC-FreedomWorks State Legislator of the Week This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Utah State Senator Margaret Dayton from…
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Tax Plan Explained by Jonathan Williams (WTOP Radio)
Shawn Anderson (co-anchor): 5:11 on WTOP. President Trump has planted a kiss on a symbol of the House Republican tax…
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Passing Tax Reform: Advice from NC State Rep. Saine
As Congress goes about the hard work of drafting a tax bill that will pass both chambers, it should take a lesson from…
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Chief Economist Jonathan Williams Thoughts on Tax Reform
Hardworking American taxpayers deserve an economic boost, and the principles outlined in this federal tax reform effort will provide pro-growth…
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26 High-Tax State Legislators Send Message to Congress: Eliminate State and Local Tax Deduction
With details emerging on the tax bill, twenty-six high-tax state ALEC legislators urged their Congressional colleagues to fully eliminate…
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Jonathan Williams Talks Tax Reform on Patriot Tonight on Sirius XM
Chief Economist Jonathan Williams joined Patriot Tonight’s Melanie Collette on SiriusXM. Jonathan said that high tax states that could…
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A Founding Father of Federalism: Professor Rob Natelson Profiles John Dickinson
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, member of the ALEC Board of…
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A Convention of States Explained
In Why the Constitution’s ‘Convention for Proposing Amendments’ Is a Convention of the States which can be accessed here,…
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Poland’s Pivot toward Authoritarianism
Poland has long been viewed as a shining example of what a peaceful transition from an Eastern European Communist state…
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Why Bother Campaigning When Jailing Political Opponents Is an Option?
Cambodian general elections are scheduled for July 29, 2018, with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) looking as if…
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Fiscal Responsibility in Higher Education Academy
The ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform and the ALEC Education Workforce and Development Task Force co-hosted a Fiscal Responsibility…
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Happy Halloween: The Spooky Consequence of Criminalizing Freedom of Expression
This Halloween many states are considering outlawing the wearing of masks. Why? The news of late has been filled with…