Research and Commentaries
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Research & Commentary: North Carolina Auto Insurance
Publication -Research and Commentaries -North Carolina is currently considering several types of changes to its auto insurance regulatory system. -
Research & Commentary: Federal Earthquake Insurance Backstop
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation to create a new federal earthquake insurance backstop is currently being considered in Congress. -
Research & Commentary: Federal Earthquake Insurance Backstop
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation to create a new federal earthquake insurance backstop is currently being considered in Congress. -
Research & Commentary: North Carolina Auto Insurance
Publication -Research and Commentaries -North Carolina is currently considering several types of changes to its auto insurance regulatory system. -
Research & Commentary: Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Illinois (Update)
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Illinois has the second highest workers’ compensation insurance rates of any state in the United States. Workers’ compensation insurance provides money for medical care and lost wages for employees who are injured as a result of their jobs. -
Research & Commentary: Louisiana Shouldn’t Concede Its Tobacco Tax Advantage
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Louisiana is considering a proposal for a significant tax hike on cigarettes, smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products. -
Research & Commentary: State Video Franchise Reform in Texas
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Current cable television franchise laws in Texas favor new video service providers over existing ones by not allowing existing service providers to enter into statewide franchises. -
A Constitutional Solution to Runaway Federal Spending
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The protections for individual freedom in the Constitution of the United States have been significantly weakened since the 1930s. -
Research & Commentary: Internet Gaming Regulations
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The regulation of online gaming, including popular games such as poker, has reached a crossroads with the recent crackdown on poker Web sites in the United States. -
Research & Commentary: Wireless Tax Fairness in the States
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011, currently pending in Congress, would put a moratorium on discriminatory state wireless phone and data service tax increases. -
Research & Commentary: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research (CER). -
Research & Commentary: Digital Learning
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Government budget shortfalls and the proven success of digital learning are causing many states and school districts to consider using new technology to make K-12 education more efficient. -
Public Education Is Being Redefined
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On March 15 in Oklahoma City, the past met the future. -
Research & Commentary: Higher Education Regulations and the Disadvantaged
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Congress and the president stress the importance of providing higher education opportunities to traditionally disadvantaged groups. At odds with this agenda, however, are federal regulations that are being put in place affecting for-profit colleges. -
Research & Commentary: FCC’s Data-Roaming Mandate
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On April 7, 2011 the Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote on a data-roaming mandate that would force mobile operators to offer their data networks to smaller carriers on “commercially reasonable terms and conditions. -
Research & Commentary: Effect of 2011 Japan Earthquake on the Reinsurance Industry
Publication -Research and Commentaries -With billions of dollars in property losses expected in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, insurers will have to pay enormous claims. -
Research & Commentary: The Safety of Nuclear Energy Generation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan on March 11 caused a series of explosions and fires at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, setting off a storm of media attention and public concern over the safety of nuclear power. -
Research & Commentary: The Price-Anderson Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The generation of electricity through nuclear power carries risk. -
Research & Commentary: Georgia Tax Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Special Council on Tax Fairness for Georgians was established to conduct a study of the state’s revenue structure and make a report of its findings and recommendations for legislation. -
Research & Commentary: Competitive Bidding for Medical Devices
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This year Medicare is implementing a change in how it determines which companies can provide durable medical equipment to the system’s beneficiaries. -
Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising TaxesThe Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative HistoryThe language in the Texas Constitution governing the use of the ESF reads in part as follows:If an estimate of anticipated -
Tapping the Rainy Day Fund & School Fund Balances
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Balancing the 2010-11 Budget without Raising TaxesThe Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF): Appropriate Uses and Legislative HistoryThe language in the Texas Constitution governing the use of the ESF reads in part as follows:If an estimate of anticipated -
Research & Commentary: Retransmission Fees
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Increasing broadcast retransmission fees have caused much tension between multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and broadcasters. This has led to blackouts, often of major television events, when the two sides cannot reach agreement. -
Research & Commentary: NEPA Requirement Reform and the ‘Stanford Model’
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Agricultural gene-splicing has increased crop yields, reduced the need for environmentally harmful pesticides and herbicides, and decreased food costs for consumers.
