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Written Testimony to North Dakota Interim Taxation Committee, 9/6/18
Written Testimony from the Center for State Fiscal Reform given to the North Dakota Interim Taxation Committee concerning evidence on state income taxes and economic competitiveness. …
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Term Limits Appear to Strengthen Nascent Democracies in Africa
Around the world democratically elected leaders from Venezuela (read more here) to Turkey (read more here) are subverting rule of law to install themselves as “rulers for life.”…
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California is Wasting Taxpayer Funds Enacting a State Net Neutrality Law
California is on the verge of wasting taxpayer money in an effort to make a political statement. State legislators are about to pass legislation reinstating heavy-handed, Title II regulations on…
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Legislator of the Week: Missouri State Senator Ed Emery
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Missouri State Senator Ed Emery. Senator Emery represents the newly formed 31st District comprising Barton, Bates, Cass, Henry, and Vernon counties. He previously…
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Public Employee Rights and Authorization Act
Section 1. Introduction A. The U.S. Supreme Court held in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 that public sector employees are permitted to decline…
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Reining in the Federal Government
Over the last decade, you would be hard-pressed to find many Americans who are pleased with the United States Congress. While Republicans, Democrats, and Independents struggle to find consensus on…
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State Bonded Obligations, 2018
States issue a diverse array of bonded obligations, with a range of obligation strength, revenue sources, debt service schedules, and other factors. This study collects and analyzes the bonded obligations…
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Legislator of the Week: Nebraska State Senator Lou Ann Linehan
This Week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Nebraska State Senator Lou Ann Linehan. Senator Linehan was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 2016. She has been honored with several awards…
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To Protect Our Kids and Make Schools Safer, Let’s Turn to the States For Help
This Article Originally Appeared in The Hill After a tragic shooting in a south Florida school earlier this year, 17 parents no longer wait for the sound of…
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FIRST STEP Act Temporarily Stalls, but States Continue to Make Waves on Laws Helping Ex-Offenders and Improving Public Safety
Yesterday, President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions in order to evaluate the Senate’s willingness to move the revised version of the FIRST STEP Act…
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The Williams Report, August 2018
Budget: Illinois: State Admits to Billion-Dollar Budget Hole The Rauner Administration acknowledged a $1.2 billion structural deficit in an offer to sell $920 million in state bonds.
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Chicago Pension Obligation Bonds, a Strategy or Gamble?
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is exploring the possibility of issuing billions of dollars of pension obligation bonds and investing the proceeds in order to reduce the city’s $28…
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Legislator of the Week: Missouri State Senator Bob Onder
This Week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Missouri State Senator Robert (Bob) Onder. Senator Onder has served the residents of Missouri’s second Senatorial District in St. Charles County since 2015.
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Treasury Recognizes Importance of Donor Privacy in New Regulation
On July 16, the Department of the Treasury announced that 501(c) tax-exempt organizations, except 501(c)(3)s, no longer have to disclose their donor information on their yearly IRS tax forms.
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An Inconvenient Tort: CA Court Affirms that Climate Policy Should Be Handled by Congress, Agencies
On June 25, Federal District Court Judge William Alsup threw out a case brought by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco which sought to hold five major oil…
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Legislator of the Week: New Hampshire Representative Ken Weyler
This week, ALEC and Freedom Works introduce New Hampshire State Representative Ken Weyler. Representative Weyler is serving his 15th term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, first elected…
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For 5G Health Care Possibilities, the Sky’s the Limit
From robot-assisted surgery to 3D printed skin, the medical field is constantly seeking ways to use technology to provide better health services. With innovation comes an increasing need for fast…