Policy Tip Sheets
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Policy Tip Sheet No. 8 – Infant Meningitis Vaccine
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemMeningitis, or meningococcal disease, is inflammation of the fluid membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. N. Meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children 2 to 18 years of age in the United States. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 7 – Texas Taxpayers’ Savings Grants
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Texans face the daunting challenge of balancing the state’s biannual budget. The Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Rick Perry have vowed not to increase taxes, seeking instead to control spending. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 6 – Alcohol Taxes
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemSome states are looking to balance their budgets by increasing taxes on specific products, such as alcohol. These taxes should be avoided: They distort the market, are highly regressive, and unsustainably prop-up spending. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 5 – Iowa Preschool Funding Subsidy
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Iowans are currently funding a universal statewide preschool program at more than $3,500 per child. The program cost the state more than $70 million last year, and the costs have been growing since its inception.Gov. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 4 – Federal “Do Not Track” Policy
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemJon Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, recently called for a new policy that would create a government-run system to control what information we share about ourselves online. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 3 – Idaho Cigarette Tax
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemIdaho is expected to face a budget deficit in fiscal year 2012 of approximately $350 million. Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Dennis Lake (R-Blackfoot) says he wants to increase the state’s cigarette tax by more than $1. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 1 – North Carolina Parent Trigger
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemAccording to The Heartland Institute’s 2010 State School Report Card, North Carolina public education ranks 47th in the nation in terms of Learning Achievement and receives an “F. -
Policy Tip Sheet No. 2 – Georgia Cigarette Tax
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemGeorgia state Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) wants to raise the state’s cigarette tax by a dollar per pack in order to help close the state’s $1.5 billion budget deficit.