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Celebrate the 225th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights on December 15
The Bill of Rights celebrates its 225th birthday on Thursday, December 15, and the principles it espouses are just as relevant today as they were when it was first conceived.
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An Innovative Bipartisan Approach to Transfer of Public Lands
While leading on the topic of transferring select federal lands to state control for years, ALEC had not yet hosted a conference-wide event on the issue. That changed on Friday,…
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The States Are Poised to Lead the Nation toward Fiscal Sustainability
On November 8, the American people spoke loudly and clearly. Their resounding post-election message was Washington is hopelessly broken and new approaches to meeting the nation’s challenges must be developed…
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21st Report Card on American Education
The future of the American education system has the potential to be bright. In forward-thinking states like Arizona, the state that took the top spot on this year’s ranking, parents…
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2016: A Successful Year for Criminal Justice Reform and Path to the Future
In 2005, Texas officials noticed the alarming rate at which their state’s corrections budget was growing. By 2007, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice wanted the state legislature to…
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Attorney General Scott Pruitt Selected to Run EPA
At a conference hosted by the North Dakota Petroleum Council this past May, then-candidate Donald Trump unveiled an ambitious “America First Energy Plan,” a slate of reforms designed to…
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Resolution in Support of Nonprofit Donor Privacy
WHEREAS, the first amendment of the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to the freedom of speech and according to founding father Benjamin Franklin “is a principal pillar of…
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Giving Tuesday
States with higher taxes strongly correlate with less giving, while states with lower taxes tend to see higher rates of giving.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Taxpayers!
State leaders across the country have advanced pro-growth fiscal reforms that will expand economic opportunity and growth.
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Guy Benson
Guy Benson is the Political Editor of Townhall.com, a Fox News Contributor, and co-author of End of Discussion, published by Random House in 2015. He is a familiar voice on the…
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Mary Katharine Ham
Mary Katharine Ham is a senior writer at The Federalist. She is a CNN Contributor and recently co-moderated a GOP primary debate on ABC. She is an editor at…
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VIDEO: Colorado’s Economic Competitiveness
In the latest Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, Colorado's economic outlook ranked a modest 21st.
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The Williams Report
A look at fiscal headlines from statehouses nationwide
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Republicans Now Control Record Number of State Legislative Chambers
Republicans added to their historic 2014 gains in the nation’s state legislatures with the addition of five state House and two state Senate seats in last week’s election, while Democratic control…
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Want government reform? Look to the state legislatures.
Whether Trump won or lost this election, the states were always going to have a critical role to play and matter more in the next four years than ever before.
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Technology, Innovation and Calculating Risk
Facebook has blocked a British insurance company from using its social media website to analyze whether a new driver or car owner is an acceptable insurance risk. The company,…
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Initial Thoughts On State Ballot Measures
While most of the attention this week has been focused on national election results, the ballot measures decided this week at the ballot box will have a lasting impact on hardworking taxpayers across the nation.
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How the FCC’s ISP Privacy Rule has an Eye toward the Past, Not toward the Present or the Future
When is a privacy rule not about privacy? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently finalized proposed rules regarding what Internet Service Providers (ISPs) must do regarding consumer information. The rules…