Heartland Newspapers - Fiscal

Alleged Conflict of Interest on FDA Tobacco Panel

Jeff Edgens
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January 03, 2013
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon has allowed a lawsuit seeking an injunction by R.J. Reynolds and Lorillard Tobacco to proceed against the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.

Georgia Voters See Reality of Charter School Economics, Approve Schools Measure

Christine Ries
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January 02, 2013
Georgia voters have approved an amendment to the state constitution that allows the General Assembly to authorize charter schools even if they have been denied by local school districts.

Missouri Cigarette Tax Hike Goes Down to Defeat

Steve Stanek
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January 01, 2013
The third time was not the charm for supporters of a higher cigarette tax in Missouri, as voters rejected for the third time in 11 years a ballot measure to raise the state’s cigarette tax.

‘Yellow Pages Test’ Would Ease State, Local Budget Pains

John Palatiello and Leonard Gilroy
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December 31, 2012
President Obama a few months ago blamed the nation’s economic weakness on spending cuts by state and local officials “who are not getting the kind of help that they have in the past from the federa

Central Banking’s Hogwarts Syndrome

Matthew Stevenson
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December 28, 2012
Central banks—the US Federal Reserve is one—come with the mystique of Oz.

Harrisburg, Pa., Burns Through More Cash Than Trash

Melissa Daniel
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December 27, 2012
There was a time when the Harrisburg, Pa., incinerator was a successful waste-to-energy plant.

Milton Friedman: What's Wrong with Welfare?

Jim Lakely
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December 17, 2012
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In this video, Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman examines the modern welfare state and discusses why it doesn't work in the long run.

Fantasies Filling the Heads of San Antonio Streetcar Backers

Randal O'Toole
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December 13, 2012
The idea that an expensive 19th Century technology will help meet the transportation and economic development needs of 21st Century urban areas makes sense only in a fantasy w

Michigan Acts to Free Workers from Abusive Labor Unions

Jack Spencer
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December 12, 2012
Bills that would make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation passed in the House and Senate on Dec. 11, with the backing of Gov.

Oregon Mulling Lower Capital Gains Tax, New Sales Tax

Matthew Glans
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December 12, 2012
As Congress considers whether to allow tax rates, including those on capital gains, to rise in 2013, some state legislators are debating whether to change their state-level capital gains taxes.
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