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CMS ‘Reinsurance’ Program Deceives U.S. Treasury Department, Taxpayers
The list of failures, misrepresentations and falsities surrounding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is almost unending. First there was the assurance that under the ACA if Americans…
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Replacing Your Tablet with a Set Top Box
Many people, especially Millennials, watch television shows on cell phones, tablets or laptops, but they may be forced to watch their programs on a television if Federal Communications Commission Chairman…
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TPP Creates Footwear of the Future
The final Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) text is out and the results of economic models are in. TPP will contribute to economic growth and direct employment in the sectors where…
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Will Flint officials adopt a competitive bidding process to fix their pipes?
Federal disaster relief for Flint Michigan’s water contamination could exceed one billion tax dollars before all is said and done. As that money is being dispersed to solve Flint’s water contamination, what steps are being taken to ensure this money is being used wisely? How are the taxpayers going to be reassured that this money is not going into the pockets of pet projects and crony capitalists?
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CEO Lisa B. Nelson Meets with Members in Ohio
CEO Lisa B. Nelson continued her tour of state capitols with a visit to Columbus, Ohio last week. Lisa met with ALEC Board Member Senator Bill Seitz and leaders in…
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Exorbitant Costs Exposed in Los Angeles Juvenile Justice System
The Los Angeles Times recently reported on the high annual expenditures associated with housing juvenile offenders in Los Angeles. According to a recent county audit, it costs over $230,000…
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Job Opportunities
The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest non-partisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators. Comprised of nearly one-quarter of the country’s state legislators, business and thought leaders, think…
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The New Hampshire Primary Results Project Little Hope in Economic Growth
Because of its varying policies, New Hampshire’s economic priorities are difficult to gauge, which some pundits might suggest make the state a good testing ground for presidential candidates’ platforms. The state’s inherent fiscal inconsistencies might also explain the seemingly irreconcilable gulf between voters’ concerns about the economy and their support for Sanders and Trump.
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Oregon’s Minimum Wage Bill
With Governor Kate Brown’s signature, Oregon will likely soon rank as having the highest state-set minimum wage in the nation. Currently, the minimum wage in Oregon is $9.25 an…
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ALEC CEO Travels to Missouri
Recently, CEO Lisa B. Nelson met with lawmakers in the Missouri General Assembly. Lisa was welcomed by Speaker Todd Richardson, House Majority Floor Leader Mike Cierpiot and Senate President Pro-Tem…
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California’s Golden Opportunity on Sentencing Reform
California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a ballot initiative that aims to alleviate the state’s overcrowded prisons. Brown’s proposal will reduce the prison population by hastening prison release programs…
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Charles Koch, Senator Bernie Sanders Agree on Criminal Justice Reform
Charles Koch, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, applauded Senator Bernie Sanders for his proposals on criminal justice reform. “The United States’ next president must be willing to rethink decades…
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Federal Term Limits and the Article V Amendments Convention
Congressional term limits are a priority for the American people. If you live in the United States, you live under a term-limited President, and your Governor is probably term-limited as…
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Alaskan Law Enforcement Officials Emphasize the Need for Criminal Justice Reform
An op-ed published in the Juneau Empire and written by two law enforcement officials, including Alaska Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Gary Folger, stated they were encouraged…
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Medical Innovation and the Business of Cures
By bringing cures that will eradicate diseases such as Hepatitis C to market, people are healthier, which leads to less doctor visits, reduces costly hospital stays, and helps patients avoid expensive surgeries such as liver transplants.
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The New York Times Doesn’t Understand Kansas
We join the story of Kansas in January 2011, when former U.S. Senator Sam Brownback takes office as Kansas’ 46th Governor along with a Republican-controlled House (92 Rs and 33 Ds) and Senate (32 Rs and 8 Ds) to have his back. The Kansas economy, while far from being a catastrophe, had been underperforming for a long time. The unemployment rate was 6.8%.
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Like Beyoncé, San Francisco Is Right To Embrace Innovative Technologies Such As AirBnB
Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show delighted her supporters and football fans alike, and also ignited something of a firestorm in the tech world by posting pictures of her lodging for…
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A Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
It only took 18 painstaking years, but the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) is close to becoming a permanent reality. By an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 75-20, the U.S. Senate…
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Nevada PUC Upholds Net Metering Changes
An article that ran last week described what three states – Hawaii, Nevada and California – have done over the past few months to update their net metering programs.
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Education and Workforce Director Testifies in Missouri about Education Savings Accounts
Putting parents back in charge of the direction of their children’s educations allows parents not only to send their students to the schools – public or private – that work best for them, but to actually design customized and flexible education experiences, including tuition, online classes, curricula, textbooks and workbooks, tutoring, and special education therapies, that are as varied as the children themselves. Instead of feeding a child into a system that must, necessarily, be designed around the “average” student, through an ESA program, parents can and have constructed individualized education pathways for their children which capitalize on their unique strengths and shore up their particular weaknesses. But although they are cutting-edge, ESAs are not brand-new or unstudied. As of today, five states – Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Nevada – have passed education savings account programs. If 2011 was labeled the “Year of School Choice”[i] by the Wall Street Journal, 2016 is likely to be the “Year of Education Savings Accounts.”