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California High-Speed Rail Could Lose Hundreds of Millions Annually

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is overestimating ridership by 65 to 77 percent and will need $124 million to $373 million a year from taxpayers to cover its operating costs and financial

Oklahoma Considers Medicaid Alternatives

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin remains determined to avoid entanglement in President Obama’s health care law.

How Tennessee Voucher Momentum Splintered

Years of voucher proposals, polls showing parent support for vouchers, and a governor-sponsored voucher bill did not culminate in a new Tennessee voucher law this spring.

Colorado House Considers More Renewable Power Mandates

The Colorado House of Representatives Transportation and Energy Committee is holding hearings tomorrow on legislation to dramatically increase the amount of expensive renewable power consumers are

What Goes Around ...

Former Lodi, California mayor James McCarty, 86, and his brother, Robert, 78, have sued Lodi attorney Russe

Tennessee Rejects Medicaid Expansion—For Now

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced he will not pursue expanding TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program, under the auspices of President Obama’s health care law.

When Is an Entitlement Not an Entitlement?

Last week, the Arkansas legislature finally approved the Medicaid waiver request that makes up their appeal for a “private option” within President Barack Obama’s Me

Google Goes Shopping at a Dollar Store

Last week Google went shopping at a dollar store — and came away with a fiber system.

States Respond to Common Core Science Standards

States have begun to take sides on the new Common Core science standards released last week.

It's Time to Make Teaching a Real Profession

Teachers have somehow gotten themselves exempt from public accountability as a profession, avoiding independent requirements like those imposed on doctors, nurses, accountants, and others.
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