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A Halloween Horror Story: Tax Carve-Outs Edition One Year Later
Last year at Halloween, we told the gruesome tale of tax carve-outs. It all started when our social media guru, Jordan, asked for some statistics on the extent…
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Kansas Tax Cuts: Don’t Buy the Spin
Almost two years after some of the country’s most significant state-level tax reform was passed in Kansas, misinformation about the tax cuts and their economic effects still abounds. While left…
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VIDEO: Report Card on American Education Co-Author Discusses Report Findings with The Wall Street Journal
Foundation for Excellence in Education Senior Adviser Dr. Matthew Ladner joined the Wall Street Journal on Thursday to talk about the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Report…
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The Washington Post Picks Up the Flag from the Convention Alarmists
This appeared on i2i.org October 27, 2014. By: Rob Natelson The past week saw yet another assault on those reformers who seek to cure federal dysfunction by…
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Digital Learning: a Bright Spot in Education
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) yesterday released the 19th edition of its annual Report Card on American Education, where it ranks states’ education policy based on six areas:…
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New ALEC Report Card Highlights Misspending in K-12 Education
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has released the 19th edition of its annual Report Card on American Education, where it ranks states’ education policy based…
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State Sovereignty at Its Most Basic: Control of Land
State sovereignty at its most basic is the ability of a state to control its own land. Earlier this month, 95 state and locally elected officials joined a variety of…
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Criminalizing America – Cultivating a Felon
Hear the story of George Norris, a 67-year old hobbyist, was convicted and sent to prison for failure to comply with obscure laws involving his small business – selling orchids…
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Cato Institute Grades Governors on their Fiscal Record
When it comes to making their state’s economy more competitive, governors have a wide variety of policy options available. But which governors have the best track record on…
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This Tax Proposal Could Be the Largest Obstacle to Growing Small Businesses Online
Dealing with federal, state and local taxes and regulations is already an incredibly burdensome task on startups and small businesses. But beyond complying with onerous regulations from the jurisdiction where…
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New Municipal Bankruptcy Ruling Highlights the Need for Pension Reform
Recently, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein ruled that the city of Stockton, California could reduce the amount it was obligated to pay in pension costs and could even leave…
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Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Public Sector Labor Unions – Problems and Solutions for Reform
According to U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 14.5 million Americans belong to a union. 35.3 percent of government employees are unionized. Because these individuals are on the public’s…
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ALEC Urges FCC to Respect Federalism
Recently two local governments have filed petitions with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an attempt to have the federal government preempt state laws on local government-owned broadband networks. In…
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Number of Federal Prisoners Declines for First Time Since 1980
In September, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released their annual report on the prison population of the United States. In 2013 an estimated 1,574,700 prisoners were held under the legal…
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Maryland Seeks Power to Double Tax Income
This appeared on RedState.com October 10, 2014 While it may seem unfair to pay income taxes twice, Maryland residents have been doing so for years. That’s because unlike…
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Polar Vortex Highlights Grid Reliability Concerns
One of the chief concerns about the EPA’s recently proposed Clean Power Plan is the effect that the regulation would have on electric grid reliability. We’ve written before about…
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Study: ACA to shrink labor market more than previously thought
In a new working paper from the Mercatus Center, University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan projects that the Affordable Care Act will reduce weekly employment per person by 3…
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Pence: Solutions Come From the States – Not Federal Government
By: Indiana Governor Mike Pence Over the last several decades, Washington has passed laws and promulgated regulations that diminish the ability of states to govern…
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States Should Reform Provisional Licensing Laws to Help Lower Recidivism
What do food preparation, auto repair and barbering have in common? They are among a number of professional occupations across the country that are often inaccessible to those with a…
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S&P and Income Inequality
Lately, left-leaning economists have been happy to jump on the popular bandwagon claim that income inequality is threatening potential for economic growth. Most recently, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) economic research…