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Ohio Legislature Considers Occupational-Licensing Reciprocity Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Recognizing other states' licenses would remove barriers to employment, says sponsor. -
Ohio Experts Recommend Steps to Reduce the Economic/Financial Hardships of COVID-19
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Buckeye Institute recommends actions to reduce the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Ohio's Economy. -
City of Dallas Studies Home Rental Regulations
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The City of Dallas is considering regulating rentals, while Austin fights in court for its ordinance. -
Education Department Considers Income Share Agreements as Alternative to Student Loans
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Under the ISA model, the student pays little or no tuition up front, and repays education costs as a percentage of their income. -
U.S. Supreme Court Considering Second Amendment Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to strike down a New York City law that prevents residents from transporting firearms outside of their residences. -
Socialism and the Horrors of Communism
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Young Americans seem oblivious to the horrors of socialism and communism. Bernie Sanders is brainwashing our youth. -
Commentary: Unaccountable Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Exercises Illegitimate Power
Opinion -budget-tax-news -the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will soon be at the center of a Supreme Court battle over the fundamental nature of the Constitution’s separation of powers. -
Report: School Safety Crisis Requires Child Safety Accounts
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A Child Safety Account (CSA) program would empower parents to determine when their child’s school is too dangerous and transfer them to a safe school immediately. -
Harrisburg Nixes Water System Sale, Bucking Trend
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Harrisburg is just one of several U.S. cities that considered water utility privatization in 2019, but other municipalities took the step. -
Child Safety Accounts: A State-by-State Analysis
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Profiles of public school safety in each state are available from The Heartland Institute. -
College Athletes Could Soon Profit from Commercial Deals
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed a bill allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals and hire agents. -
Appliance Regulations Are Bringing Back Dirt, Filth, and Disease
Opinion -environment-climate-news, budget-tax-news -President Donald Trump is fighting to roll back federal appliance standards which are leaving people in the dark, dirty, and possibly ill. -
Death, Taxes and Prosperity
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -We like taxing businesses because they appear rich. Yet the question of who truly pays business taxes is very complicated. -
High Schoolers’ Dream Careers Don’t Match Job Market Reality
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -OECD Report finds teenagers’ choices for an “ideal career” have narrowed over the past two decades and don’t reflect the new economy. -
Profile: Empire Center – Working Toward A Better New York
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New York has earned its reputation as a high-tax state, but a major policy win by the Empire Center is helping change that. -
Feds Probe Red-Light Camera Corruption in Illinois, Legislators Back Ban
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Across the United States, 341 communities use red-light cameras, including 68 municipalities in Illinois, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. -
Mandatory Union Bargaining Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -A teacher at at the University of Maine is contesting representation by the Associated Faculties of the University of Maine (AFUM). -
Chicago’s Progressive Mayor Actually Abhors Progress
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Apparently, Mayor Lightfoot is willing to cast aside her progressive values in a rather desperate attempt to tackle the city’s out-of-control debt by nickel and diming her constituents. -
An Easy Choice
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Calling an for an open constitutional convention is much easier, more efficient, and holds the promise of better results than a limited-agenda one. -
Animal Welfare and Economics
Opinion -environment-climate-news, budget-tax-news, Editorial -Meat is unlikely to be banned until many more Americans first become vegetarians. -
Legal Firearms on College Campuses Don’t Increase Violence, Universities Report
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The College Fix, a news website, contacted “multiple public universities in states where campus carry is legal,” and none of those responding reported any increase in gun violence since adopting policies allowing campus carry. -
The Mixed Economy Is a Mess
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -The country is almost split down the middle about whether government does too much or too little. -
Congress Considers Broader Protections for Corporate Whistleblowers
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of protection under existing law to employees who report wrongdoing directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). -
Fewer Recessions Thanks to the Shale Revolution
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -The shale revolution and ramping US oil production brings a new level of stability to US and world economic systems.