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Is Health Care Spending Good for the Economy?

John C. Goodman
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April 10, 2013
The Obama administration is encouraging state governments to expand their Medicaid programs to access a pile of new federal funding.

Idaho Considers Bill Demanding Return of Federal Lands

Bonner R. Cohen
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April 10, 2013
A group of Idaho lawmakers is considering legislation demanding the federal government turn over millions of acres of land to the state government in Boise.

Anti-GMO Leader Asks Forgiveness for Unscientific Crusade

Jeff Edgens
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April 10, 2013
Mark Lynas, a longtime vocal leader of the anti-biotechnology movement, acknowledged at a farming conference he has unjustly demonized biotechnology and was wrong to oppose genetic crop improvement

Is Health Care Different Than Everything Else?

Benjamin Domenech
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April 10, 2013
Ezra Klein and I discussed health care policy at length yesterday, and I encourage you to watch the video here. Here’s James C.

Texas Considers Five School Choice Bills

Mary Petrides Tillotson
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April 10, 2013
On April 9, Texas senators heard Senate Bill-1575, one of five school choice bills before state lawmakers this spring.

SolarWorld Lays Off Oregon Workers, Bankruptcy May Follow

Karen Dove
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April 09, 2013
Taxpayer-subsidized SolarWorld laid off 40 workers at its Hillsboro, Oregon plant earlier this year, marking nearly 300 workers laid off company-wide after state officials invited the company to ap

Irvine, Calif., City Workers Average $143,691 in Total Compensation

California Public Policy Center
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April 09, 2013
Employees of the City of Irvine, Calif., received total compensation averaging $143,691 in 2012, according to a study published by the California Public Policy Center.

What Comes After Obamacare?

Benjamin Domenech
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April 09, 2013
This week, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post had a lengthy back and forth with me about the future of health care policy and Republican plans for replacing Obamacare.

James Tooley: How the World's Poor Get a Good Education from Markets (podcast)

Joy Pullmann
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April 09, 2013
About a decade ago, James Tooley wandered out into a foreign slum and encountered a network of inexpensive private schools on every few street corners.

More Than 40 Percent of Pennsylvnanians Live In Distressed Municipalities

Eric Boehm
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April 09, 2013
More than 5.2 million Pennsylvanians — 41 percent of the state’s 12.6 million residents — live in a city, township or borough facing some form of financial distress.
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