Recent Research & Commentary

Research & Commentary: State Universal Service Fund Reform

Matthew Glans
January 3, 2013

First established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Universal Service Fund was designed to provide telephone service to underserved areas of the country.

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Research & Commentary: The Medicaid "Cure"

Kendall Antekeier
December 28, 2012

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has told the states there will be no flexibility in implementing Medicaid expansion: either expand fully or don’t expand at all.

Research & Commentary: Internet Access Taxes

Matthew Glans
December 17, 2012

The Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 was designed to promote the growth of the Internet by placing a moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and the creation of discriminatory tax

Research & Commentary: High Frequency Trading

Matthew Glans
December 17, 2012

Increasing computerization of financial trading has had a profound effect on financial markets by introducing a new element: high frequency trading (HFT).

Research & Commentary: Oklahoma Parent Trigger

Joy Pullmann
December 14, 2012

Oklahoma legislators will soon consider an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

Research & Commentary: Cybersecurity

Matthew Glans
December 13, 2012

Cyber-terrorism, hackers, identity theft, and viruses threaten to disrupt digital networks.

Research & Commentary: UTOPIA and the Problems Facing Municipal Broadband

Matthew Glans
December 10, 2012

One of Utah’s most ambitious municipal broadband programs is facing serious subscribership and funding problems.

Research & Commentary: The Nevada Parent Trigger

Joy Pullmann
December 6, 2012

Nevada legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

Research & Commentary: Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality

Joy Pullmann
November 21, 2012

The United States has increased its teaching force 250 percent since 1950, reducing teacher-student ratios from 1:22 to 1:15, but the expansion has not brought higher teacher quality.

Research & Commentary: “Use it or Lose it” Proposals

Taylor Smith
November 21, 2012

With gasoline prices reaching all-time highs, some activists and politicians are attacking oil and gas companies for not fully developing the federal leases for energy production they hold, and the