Recent Research: Budgets and Taxes

Sports Stadium Madness: Is Fan Ownership the Answer?

Joseph Bast
February 27, 2012

The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank whose researchers have questioned government subsidies to sports stadiums since the mid 1980s, has released a new Policy Brief proposing f

The Leaflet - The Income Tax Rebellion

John Nothdurft
February 23, 2012

Earlier this week our friends at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs

The Leaflet - Rethinking Renewables

John Nothdurft
February 17, 2012

More and more states are struggling to reach lofty renewable energy mandates.

The Leaflet - National School Choice Week A Big Success

John Nothdurft
February 9, 2012

Another successful National School Choice Week is in the books, and what a success it was.

Research & Commentary: Tobacco Harm Reduction

Matthew Glans
February 2, 2012

Nearly 50 million American adults—more than a fifth of the nation’s adult population—smoke cigarettes.

Texas’s Margins Tax: Principles for Reform

Julie Drenner,
February 1, 2012

Texas’s franchise tax—better known as the “margins tax”—does not work as advertised. The tax has not achieved any of the goals its creators set out for it.

Research & Commentary: Idaho’s Tobacco Tax Advantage

John Nothdurft
February 1, 2012

Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Dennis Lake (R-Blackfoot) says he wants to increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1.25 per pack, to help curb smoking and raise revenue.

The Leaflet - The State of the States

John Nothdurft
January 26, 2012

This week was President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, and in many states the governors’ State of the S

The Leaflet - National School Choice Week

John Nothdurft
January 19, 2012

On Saturday, January 21, National School Choice Week 2012 will kickoff in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Leaflet - Emerging Issues for 2012

John Nothdurft
January 5, 2012

Earlier this week the National Conference of State Legislatures highlighted some of the