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Senate Budget Committee Looks to the States for Guidance on Responsible Budgeting
States like Wyoming regularly pass balanced budgets and hold their lawmakers accountable for excessive spending—it is great to see the Senate Budget Committee taking the lead to discuss needed budget reforms. Taking lessons from our laboratories of democracy is exactly the right place to start.
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The Global Innovation Policy Center Releases Impacts of Digital Piracy on the U.S. Economy
On June 18, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) released a study entitled, Impacts of…
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Price Control Schemes Threaten the Health and Well-Being of People Who Rely on Lifesaving Medicines
There are proposals being floated in the nation’s capital that would institute elements of socialized medicine into America’s health care…
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Hong Kong: Courageous Protests in Defense of Freedom
Since June 11, the people of Hong Kong have flooded the streets to protest legislation that would allow Chinese extradition…
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Washington: Are They Drunk, or Just Stoned?
Could marijuana be the gateway drug to federalism? This was the title of an article that ran in the…
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Jonathan Williams and PA Representative Seth Grove Join the Bill Walton Show
ALEC Chief Economist and VP of the Center for State Fiscal Reform Joins Pennsylvania Representative Seth Grove on the Bill…
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Tax Cut Spotlight Shines Back on the States in State Tax Cut Roundup: 2018
The ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform recently released State Tax Cut Roundup: 2018, a report featuring the 16…
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State Legislator of the Month – MT Senator Jennifer Fielder
State legislators get elected and fight every day because they care about advancing sound policy for their constituents. That’s why…
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Waging a Two Front Trade War Is a Losing Economic Strategy and Will Not Solve the Border Crisis
The United States is already embroiled in a trade war with China, and launching a second offensive against Mexico by…
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Uber Choice for Workers
Almost a year ago, the Department of Labor published a report on “alternative work arrangements,” which for the most part…
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A Spark of Hope for New Jersey’s Growing Debt Problem
So long as there are those willing to have “hard and honest conversations” about unfunded liabilities, there is hope for reform.
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Trump Tax Cut: Over 100M Saw Decrease in Tax Burden
It should come as no surprise most Americans saw a lower federal tax burden following the Tax Cuts and Jobs…
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Federalism Is a Tug of War and States Need to Pull
Did you have a nickname growing up? I did. And I hated it! I detested this nickname so much that…
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State Legislator of the Month – ND Rep. Craig Headland
Representative Craig Headland was a career farmer before being elected in 2002 to represent and provide real solutions for North…
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Statement on CMS Protecting Individual Caregivers
ARLINGTON, VA – (May 3, 2019) Following strong opposition from states across the country like Michigan, Washington, Minnesota, Ohio and…
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Free Market Principles Should Not End Where the Innovation Track Begins
Innovation always has detractors. Innovation inherently involves risk of failure and change. Change is hard, and generally, the status quo…
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Has Federalism Become Like Sandcastles on the Beach…?
Spring has sprung. It will soon give way to summer. I went to law school in San Diego. Summer meant…
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State Legislator of the Month – WY Rep. Dan Laursen
Representative Dan Laursen was elected to the Wyoming state House in 2014. Since then he continually provides solutions and sets…
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116th Congress – Intellectual Property Deserves Your Attention
Last month some of the most prominent thought leaders on intellectual property (IP) sent a letter to members of the…
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A Current Glimpse of Public Sector Union Policy in the States
The Janus Supreme Court decision gave government workers the ability to choose whether or not they want to join or…