Recent Research: Budgets and Taxes

The Leaflet - The Income Tax Rebellion

February 23, 2012

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

The Leaflet - Rethinking Renewables

February 17, 2012

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

The Leaflet - National School Choice Week A Big Success

February 9, 2012

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

Research & Commentary: Tobacco Harm Reduction

February 2, 2012

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

Research & Commentary: Idaho’s Tobacco Tax Advantage

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.

Texas’s Margins Tax: Principles for Reform

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.

The Leaflet - The State of the States

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

January 19, 2012

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

The Leaflet - Emerging Issues for 2012

January 5, 2012

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

Research & Commentary: The FutureGen Project

January 4, 2012

In the past few decades the federal government has spent millions of taxpayer dollars subsidizing the development of new energy technologies, including large-scale sequestration of carbon emitted f