Heartland Newspapers - Fiscal

Fiscal Cliff Deal Slammed by Political Right . . . and Left

Steve Stanek
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January 06, 2013
So this is what Congress and President Obama meant by “balance” in addressing the “fiscal cliff”: $42 of tax increases for every dollar of spending cuts.

Colorado Lawmakers Tighten Scrutiny Over Tobacco Monies

Sunana Batra
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January 04, 2013
Troubled by the questionable use of tobacco-tax revenue on grants to fund advocacy for local smoking bans, Colorado lawmakers have decided to ask the Joint Budget Committee to make state health dep

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 Daniels
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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
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