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Massachusetts Moves Toward Global Payment Contracts

Kenneth Artz
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May 24, 2012
In the upcoming months Massachusetts is expected to consider legislation that will dramatically change how health care providers get paid.

Study: How Local Businesses Should Influence Education Reform

Joy Pullmann
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May 24, 2012
Local businesses can and should influence education reform, concludes a new study of how 13 business partnerships have recently done so in communities throughout the United States.

Missouri Problems Indicate State Exchange Cronyism Risk

Loren Heal
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May 23, 2012
Health insurance companies wanting to participate in the state exchanges mandated by President Obama’s health care law could have to compete under the table for political influence to gain access t

Ohio House Hears Testimony, Governor's Objections on ‘Reading Guarantee'

Connie Sadowski
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May 23, 2012
The Ohio Senate almost unanimously passed a revised bill overhauling the state’s school rating system, requiring nearly all third graders to read proficiently to move forward, and other education r

Romney Comes Out for School Choice

Joy Pullmann
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May 23, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today endorsed tying federal education dollars directly to poor and disabled students to help them attend public, charter, or private schools or pay fo

Appeal Promised on Challenge to Seattle Light Rail Plan

Jeff Rhodes
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May 23, 2012
Opponents of a plan to allow Sound Transit use of the center two lanes on the Interstate 90 Bridge in order to extend light rail from Seattle to Bellevue promise to take their case back to Washingt

School Reform News Roundup, Wednesday of May 21-26

Joy Pullmann
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May 23, 2012
The Obama administration extends the Race to the Top federal grant competition

South Carolina Education Meeting Highlights ‘No Child’ Waiver Discord

Ashley Bateman
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May 22, 2012
Discord amongst state officials and quiet meetings without the state’s top education official may affect South Carolina’s bid for a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements.

Study Finds No Safety Benefit to ‘Alcohol Control’ Distribution Regulations

Michael D. LaFaive
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May 22, 2012
Eighteen states are categorized as “control” states for the way they regulate alcohol distribution.

A Tea Party Replacement for Obamacare

Avik Roy
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May 22, 2012
What’s the path forward for health care reform after the Affordable Care Act?
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