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Minnesota Counties Assess Costs of Obamacare Implementation

Tom Steward
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June 12, 2013
Beyond its impact on states and the nation, President Obama’s health care law has effects on county governments as well, as Minnesota counties are currently discovering.

EPA Issues New Pebble Mine Assessment

Bonner R. Cohen
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June 12, 2013
One year after releasing a widely criticized draft assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, the U.S.

Virginia Attorney General Rips IRS ‘Incompetence’ in Asset Forfeiture

Kenric Ward
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June 12, 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has called out the Internal Revenue Service for “incompetence” for being past due in returning $115 million to the state.

Connecticut Adds Hydropower to Renewable Mix

Kenneth Artz
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June 12, 2013
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed legislation allowing large-scale hydroelectric power to qualify under the Constitution State’s renewable power mandate.

Wisconsin Lawmakers Look to Expand Vouchers Statewide

Logan Pike
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June 11, 2013
After weeks of closed-door negotiations, Wisconsin lawmakers have come out with a compromise on a school voucher expansion that would send the program statewide but cap enrollment.

Forget Popular Pessimism: The Future for Humans Is Bright

Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
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June 11, 2013
Review of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler (Free Press, 2012), 400 pages, ISBN- 978-1451614213

NC Aims to Boost Economic Performance With Tax Cuts and Reforms

Logan Pike
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June 11, 2013
North Carolina’s General Assembly is considering two reform plans that would markedly improve the state’s economic competitiveness, according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation.

Pennsylvania Medicaid Expansion to Increase Burden on Taxpayers

Eric Boehm
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June 11, 2013
Taxpayers will be on the hook for additional costs if Pennsylvania decides to expand Medicaid in accordance with the federal health care law, but those additional tax dollars will flow from the fed

Attorneys General Warn EPA over ‘Sue and Settle’ Fracking Regulations

Bonner R. Cohen
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June 11, 2013
Concerned that a threat of litigation by six northeastern states could give the Environmental Protection Agency cover to regulate hydraulic fracturing at the federal level, attorneys general from 1

Mike McShane: Common Core Is Going to Get Worse

Joy Pullmann
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June 11, 2013
High-quality national education standards sounded like such a good idea.
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