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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.

Social Security Cuts In Obama Budget Draw Most Attention

Steve Stanek
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April 10, 2013
President Obama presented his budget Wednesday, two months late. To many taxpayer watchdog groups and public policy organizations, the $3.8 trillion budget blueprint has not been worth the wait.

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.

The Doctor Will See You … By Skype

Kenneth Artz
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April 09, 2013
As a possible preview of what awaits us in the United States under President Obama’s health care law, Great Britain’s government-run health care system, the National Health Service, is slashing nea

Texas Commission Approves Coal Mine for Mexican Power Plants

Cheryl K. Chumley, Karen Dove
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April 09, 2013
The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil, gas, and coal in the state, approved a permit giving a Mexican company the right to start coal mining operations near Eagle Pass, a Texas bord

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

Indiana Gov. Pence Talks Common Core

Joy Pullmann
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April 08, 2013
Indiana leaders will "take a long, hard look" at Common Core, said Gov. Mike Pence in response to a School Reform News question at a public event Friday.  
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