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New Study Reveals the Extent of Rooftop Solar Cost-Shift in Nevada
Aside from maybe Arizona, no other state has expended as much time and energy grappling with policy issues associated with distributed generation (DG) as has Nevada. This should hardly come…
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Energy Policy Platform: The Republicans
When the Republican National Committee finalized its 2016 Party Platform in July, they divided the document into six separate sections. One of those sections – perhaps indicative of just…
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What Happened to Minimal Regulations?
As food sharing becomes wildly popular, government is once again finding itself operating in a 1970’s construct of regulations and refusing to change with the times.
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Government is Giving Desalination a Salty Reception
As droughts sweep the nation, leaving economic destruction and growing uncertainty in their wake, new solutions are desperately needed to alleviate growing water scarcity and ensure access to clean water…
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Checking the Facts of Minimum Wage Hikes
The case for minimum wage has been made ad nauseum: people are not earning enough money, so the legislature should give them a pay increase. The unintended consequences of drastic increases to the minimum wage, however, are hardly ever examined.
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An Increased Burden: Too Expensive and Less Work
These regulations will also make doing business in any industry much more expensive. A study by the American Action Forum concluded that the new overtime rule would cost employers about $3 billion in compliance costs and nearly 2.5 million hours of paperwork related to the regulations.
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Recent Bureaucratic Activities Fly in the Face of Congressional Intent
A frequent criticism of the current federal regulatory process is that federal departments and agencies (while oftentimes citing the Chevron deference) promulgate new regulations that conflict with congressional intent.
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Federal Judge Rules Fracking Regulations Illegal
As the Obama administration continues to impose its “Regulatory Train Wreck” on the American public, a federal judge in Wyoming has granted the oil and gas industry a reprieve…
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A Congressional Proposal for “A Better Way”
During a recent address in the United States Capitol’s Statuary Hall, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and other congressional leaders outlined “A Better Way,” a series of policy proposals mostly…
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Several Pro-Growth Regulatory Reform and Energy Policy Proposals included in Speaker Ryan’s “A Better Way” Campaign
Since the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009, Republicans in Congress have been accused by some of being the “Party of No.” Rather than proactively proposing solutions to…
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Promoting Economic Growth, One State Labor Law at a Time
In May, the U.S. economy added only 38,000 new jobs, the lowest amount added in the past five years. The release of this disappointing jobs report at the beginning…
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Subsidies and Cost Shifting Won’t Power Maine’s Economy
An economic resurgence is clearly needed, and state legislators have two options.
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AUDIO: Jonathan Williams Talks Rich States, Poor States with Financial Journalist Andy Busch
Williams noted that states with taxpayer-friendly, market-oriented economic policies are increasingly winning both jobs and residents...
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EPA Issues New Rule Targeting Oil and Gas Industry Methane Emissions
As we enter the last several months of the Obama presidency, every indication suggests that the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going to go out with a bang. In…
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High Court Sides with State on Preemption
Further underscoring the fact that local governments are political subdivisions whose powers derive from the state, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that local governments cannot ban fracking of any type. The court found that while both cities Ft. Collins and Longmont are Home Rule cities, Home Rule does not give them the right to act as independent agents of the state law.
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VIDEO: Rich States, Poor States
Jonathan Williams, co-author of the report and vice president of the ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform, discussed the new rankings with Mary Kissel on The Wall Street Journal Live.
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Energy, Climate and Vulnerable Populations
Last week, the Obama administration released a new report detailing the negative consequences climate change may have on human health in the U.S., with the primary, attention-grabbing headline being…
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California Voters to Determine Ultimate Fate of Bag Ban and Tax
A misguided, anti-consumer measure adopted in California a little over a year ago is now coming under further scrutiny. In late 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the…
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New EPA Regulation Could Put the Brakes on Amateur Racing
Is nothing sacred anymore? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed a new rule under the Clean Air Act that could end up dealing a significant blow to…
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The Navajo Nation and the Clean Power Plan
A lot has been written in this space about the potential downsides of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which is currently being litigated in the courts: rising electricity costs,…