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Oklahoma State Task Force Plans Release of Occupational Licensing Report
Opinion -budget-tax-news -An Oklahoma Department of Labor task force studying occupational licensing’s effects will send its final report to Gov. Mary Fallin in December, after receiving advice from the public and policy experts. -
Supreme Court Accepts Historic Forced-Unionism Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Lawyers representing an Illinois state government employee challenging the constitutionality of deducting union fees from his paycheck will present opening arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). -
Lawsuit Challenges Border Patrol Phone Searches
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Ten American citizens are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging federal border patrol agents violated their constitutional rights by searching their personal electronic devices without first obtaining search warrants from a judge. -
Utah Political Organization Pushes Medicaid Expansion Ballot Question
Opinion -budget-tax-news, health-care-news -A coalition of political advocacy organizations in Utah is trying to place a ballot question before voters in 2018, asking them to approve expanding Medicaid eligibility in the state. -
State Lawmakers Ready to Follow Up on Amendment Convention Meeting
Opinion -budget-tax-news -State legislatures returning to work in January include 72 lawmakers from 19 states who attended a September 2017 national planning session authorizing rules and procedures for an upcoming national amendment convention. -
National Right-to-Work Ban Proposed
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Congressional Democrats are lining up behind two bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to repeal right-to-work (RTW) laws in 28 states and prohibit states from passing such laws. -
Michigan House Approves Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
Opinion -health-care-news, budget-tax-news -The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill to join an interstate compact to synchronize its medical licensing regulations with those of 22 other states, allowing health care providers licensed in participating states to provide services. -
Temporary Puerto Rico Jones Act Waiver Expires
Opinion -budget-tax-news -President Donald Trump allowed his ten-day waiver of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 to expire on October 8, reinstating enforcement of the federal law restricting which maritime vessels are allowed to ship goods over the ocean between U.S. states. -
Bill Banning Local Soda Taxes Gains Popularity in Illinois House
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A bill under consideration by the Illinois House of Representatives preventing future soda taxes from being enacted by local governments is picking up steam. -
After Welfare Reforms, Kansas Childhood Poverty Rates Fall
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Childhood poverty rates in Kansas declined by 26 percent over the past five years, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, with the great majority of the improvement coming after the state government instituted work requirements for welfare. -
A Challenging Perspective on One of America’s Founding Fathers
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Brian McClanahan's takes a negative light to Alexander Hamilton's legacy. -
Second Gas Tax Hike Repeal Campaign Revs Up In California
Opinion -budget-tax-news -After an earlier ballot campaign to repeal a big gas-tax hike in California stalled, another group of taxpayers is about to begin collecting signatures for a similar ballot question. -
Rhode Island Legislature Considers Sports Stadium Subsidy Deal
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Rhode Island Legislature heard arguments for and against giving $38 million in state taxpayer money to the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sex (PawSox), a local minor-league baseball team seeking subsidies to finance a new stadium’s construction. -
Tax Reform Bill Includes Elements of Unified Reform Framework
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), and other members of Congress announced the introduction of House Resolution 1, officially titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. -
Fayetteville, North Carolina Taxpayers Footing Bill for New Ballpark
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Fayetteville, North Carolina and Cumberland County elected officials are finalizing negotiations over sharing the cost of a stadium subsidy for a new minor-league baseball stadium in the city. -
Welfare Work Requirements Return In Tennessee
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Next year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will start enforcing work requirements for food stamp recipients living in 70 of the state’s 95 counties. -
Joint Tax Reform Framework Includes Foreign Minimum Tax
Opinion -budget-tax-news -After a round of meetings, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans released a plan detailing their shared goals for federal tax reform, including a new tax on American companies’ overseas profits. -
Rhode Island Senate Committee Ignores E-Cig Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Rhode Island Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met in September without considering a bill to add e-cigarettes to the state’s tobacco ban. -
Kentucky Gov. Bevin Pitches Medicaid ‘HEALTH’ Plan
Opinion -budget-tax-news, health-care-news -Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has gone on the road to answer voters’ questions about proposed state Medicaid reforms. -
A Thought-Provoking Prescription for National Revival
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance, by Ben Sasse (St. Martin’s Press, 2017), 320 pages, ISBN-13 978-1250114402, $16.78 on Amazon.com. -
House Considers Budget Bill As Deadline Approaches
Opinion -budget-tax-news -As the deadline for funding the federal government approaches, the House Budget Committee has approved House Concurrent Resolution 71, the proposed budget for the next Fiscal Year, placing it on the calendar for consideration by the full House. -
Fort Collins, Colorado Puts Taxpayer-Funded Internet Plan on November Ballot
Opinion -budget-tax-news -On November 7, Fort Collins, Colorado voters will consider a ballot question on whether to authorize the government to build a taxpayer-funded internet service. -
House Judiciary Committee Hears Balanced Budget Amendment Testimony
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Representatives of the Compact Commission of the Compact for a Balanced Budget, an interstate agency promoting a national constitutional amendment convention resolution, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee. -
Georgia Applies to Expand Welfare Work Requirements
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Georgia state government officials have submitted a plan to the federal government for permission to phase in work requirements for more of the state’s food stamp recipients.
