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Sights are set on Plastic Bags
The question cities and counties hear more often these days from the environmental lobby doesn’t necessarily involve renewable energy policy. Rather, a growing movement is building aimed squarely at a…
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A Broadband Plan for the States
Today we are pleased to release a white paper entitled The States’ Broadband Plan, a set of three suggested policies designed to promote broadband connectivity in the states. This…
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ALEC State of the Union Response
Communications and Technology President Obama recognized in his State of the Union address that markets are working to provide quality broadband to consumers, check bad actors, and create new businesses…
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Oklahoma Considers Pro-Growth Tax Reform
Last year, Oklahoma legislators voted on a tax reduction package to the state’s personal income tax. The measure passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Fallin. Ultimately, however,…
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How We Should Think About Income Inequality
Later today President Obama will deliver the annual State of the Union address. By most indications, the speech will focus on income inequality, an issue the President has previously called…
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Consumer Electronics Show: A New Year with Promising New Technologies
The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was abuzz with the ‘Internet of Things.’ The CES exhibit revealed parents monitoring babies via digital onesies and consumers asking refrigerators what groceries…
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Oklahoma Tax Cuts Back on Track
Oklahoma is back on track to reduce its personal income tax and make sure it remains economically competitive. Last year, Oklahoma legislators voted to reduce the state’s personal income…
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National School Choice Week—Empower Parents, Improve Student Learning
Last month, the results of an international exam revealed that America’s world ranking hasn’t changed much in three years. The scores were “a picture of stagnation,” U.S. Education Secretary…
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The Perils and Promise of State Internet Policy
As state and local policymakers grapple with new digital trends, from Uber to Big Data, they’re increasingly coming into conflict with key federal limitations on their ability to regulate the…
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The $5.1 Trillion Elephant in the Room
State Budget Solutions, a non-partisan public policy organization, has released their 4th annual report on state debt. The findings are not pleasant. The data shows that the total…
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William Freeland Testimony on Illinois Tax Competitiveness
On January 17, 2014 Research Analyst William Freeland testified at the Illinois General Assembly Committee Hearing on State Competitiveness and Tax Teform. His written testimony can be found below, My…
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Missouri Tax Hypocrisy
Just a few months after Missouri’s Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a small but beneficial income tax cut, totaling $700 million over 10 years (barely larger than the one-year value…
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The Impacts of Raising the Minimum Wage
Over the past year, fast food and retail workers around America have staged strikes to demand a minimum wage as high as $15 per hour. These strikes helped reignite the…
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Court Strikes Down Net Neutrality
Earlier today a federal appeals court in Washington, DC struck down a set of controversial telecommunications rules known as “net neutrality.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit…
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Political gridlock shouldn’t be solved with monarchy
This article original appeared on The Daily Caller on December 23, 2013. Read the original here. With the endless gridlock of modern Washington, it’s tempting to…
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In Texas, Economic Freedom Produces Innovation and Growth
The United States is in the midst of an economic paradigm shift as evidenced by the evolution of state-level economies. States that used to be bastions of economic innovation are…
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In New Report, Ideology trumps Common Sense
A new report from the Center for Effective Government comes with an eye-catching conclusion: if companies pay more taxes, they create more jobs. This assertion runs contrary to just…
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State tax cuts: the year that was, the year that is to come
This also appeared on PublicSectorInc.Org on December 20, 2013. Taxpayers had much to be thankful for in 2013. As ALEC’s recent State Tax…
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Overcriminalizing Americans Wastes Money and Ruins Lives
This article original appeared on FoxNews.com on December 11, 2013. Read the original here. In March of this year, Anthony Brasfield released a dozen heart-shaped balloons in…
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The Energy Link: Energy Producing States and Rising Incomes
On this blog we have previously written about an apparent link between energy producing states and improving unemployment rates. Between 1995 and 2011, the four states that saw their…