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Steve Perry
Dr. Steve Perry, nationally recognized as one of the most innovative educators on the scene, believes in universal educational choice. Empowering only low-income students with educational choice simply isn’t enough.
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Former Governor Rick Perry
Rick Perry is a veteran of the United States Air Force, a former farmer, and the former governor of the 12th largest economy in the world. He has devoted his…
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Alfredo Ortiz
Alfredo Ortiz has been the President and CEO of Job Creators Network (JCN) since January 2014. He is also a board member for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and an…
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Luke Hilgemann
Luke Hilgemann is the Chief Executive Officer of Americans for Prosperity and Americans for Prosperity Foundation. He was previously AFP’s COO and before that served as the Wisconsin State Director.
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Rebecca Friedrichs
Rebecca Friedrichs has been an elementary school educator in Southern California for 28 years. Since the first day of her career in 1988, she’s been concerned about the policies and…
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Representative Bill Flores
Congressman William H. “Bill” Flores was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2010. After observing a movement to reverse American exceptionalism and damage our nation’s fiscal solvency,…
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Robert Enlow
Robert has been an integral part of the Friedman Foundation since its founding in 1996, previously serving as fundraiser, projects coordinator, vice president, and executive director prior to being named…
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Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is Founder and President of the polling company, inc./WomanTrend a privately-held, woman-owned corporation currently in its 21st year of operation. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC…
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William Bennett
William J. Bennett is one of America’s most important, influential, and respected voices on cultural, political, and education issues. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Bill Bennett studied philosophy at…
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Governor Mike Pence
Governor Mike Pence is a lifelong Hoosier with legal, small business and policy experience. He was elected the 50th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2012 and inaugurated January…
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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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Governor Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott, the 48th Governor of Texas, continues building on his record of strong, state-focused leadership. Previously the longest-serving Attorney General in Texas history and a Justice on the Texas…
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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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Vermont GMO Labeling Law to Go Into Effect on July 1st
The very predictable consequences of states creating complicated, unnecessary patchworks of regulations are about to come to fruition in Vermont. In 2014, Vermont became the first state in the union…
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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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Maine Must Chip Away at Granite State’s Advantage
While Maine is moving in the right direction, the “New Hampshire Advantage” persists, as reflected in a recent report in the Bangor Daily News.
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New Hampshire Becomes Latest State to Overhaul Civil Asset Forfeiture Process
New Hampshire recently joined a growing number of states that have reformed their civil asset forfeiture laws in 2016. These reforms no longer allow government agencies to seize and keep one’s property…