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Pennsylvania Legislators Consider Occupational Licensing Reforms
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Access to steady employment is necessary to reduce recidivism, but Pennsylvania, like many states, has made it exceedingly difficult for ex-felons to reenter the workforce. -
Widespread Poverty Stats Greatly Overstate the Number of Americans Who Are Destitute
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Contrary to AOC, the facts are clear that frequently reported federal poverty stats vastly overstate the number of Americans who are destitute. -
"Surveillance Capitalism": A Summary of Critics
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Companies that allegedly practice "surveillance capitalism" have become seemingly inescapable in our modern economy, leading a host of critics to explain the many ways those like Facebook and Google threaten our lives and freedoms. -
Government Spending Gets Even More Out of Control
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -We are hurtling toward a fiscal cliff, and Congress seems intent on nailing the gas pedal to the floorboard. -
Taxpayer Protection Pledge Works, Thanks to Americans for Tax Reform
Opinion -budget-tax-news -ATR is known for the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, policy advocacy at the state and federal levels, and its wide-ranging coalition-building efforts. -
Regulations are Bringing Back Dirt, Filth, and Disease
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Trump is exactly right that problems trace to preposterous government regulations designed to save water that actually end up using more, and not dealing with the real problem which has nothing to do with domestic water use. -
‘Old-Fashioned Land Grab’ in Colorado Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Colorado law allows property owners and residents to form “special municipal districts” that can use eminent domain to take private property. -
California Prevents Public Schools from Suspending K-8 Students for ‘Willful Defiance’
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -S.B. 419 expands the prohibition to students in charter schools. -
Texas Takes Control of Houston Public Schools
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Teachers unions and members of the HISD Board of Trustees, who were locally elected, oppose the state takeover, but the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is appointing a new superintendent and community board for the district. -
Judges Order Government Spending Without Representation in Illinois
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"Our research revealed Illinois legislators have acquiesced to a power grab by the federal and state judiciary." -
Urban Planners Ignore City Labor Markets
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, by Alain Bertaud (MIT Press, 2018), 432 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0262038768; $36.64 -
Local Governments Suffered Nearly a Thousand Ransomware Attacks, Report Finds
Opinion -budget-tax-news -At least 948 government entities in the United States were attacked by ransomware hackers extorting money in 2019, a new report states. -
States Struggle to Control Legal Marijuana Markets
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Legal marijuana continues to compete with its black-market cousin because of the time needed to establish a legitimate marketplace and the taxes on legal marijuana. -
Michigan Court Halts Governor’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigs, Vapes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to issue emergency rules banning online and retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes, in response to reports of an increase in vaping-related lung diseases. -
U.S. Department of Agriculture Issues Regulations for Growing Hemp
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an interim rule that will allow farmers to grow and market hemp. -
New Jersey Spends $1 Billion-Plus on Private Meadowlands Development
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"American Dream" Mall Opens after More than a Decade -
Misguided Youth Protesters Have It Wrong — the World Is Actually Getting Better and Better
Opinion -environment-climate-news, budget-tax-news, Editorial -All the good news is likely to depress them beyond recovery. -
One in Four New York State Teachers Outside NYC Get Six-Figure Salaries
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Empire Center Posts Data on Teachers' Compensation at SeeThroughNY.net -
Joseph A. Schumpeter, Outsider Looking In
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Seventy years ago, on January 8, 1950, one of the most famous economists of the 20th century passed away at the age of 66, Joseph A. Schumpeter. -
Survey: Public Strongly Rejects Second Amendment Repeal
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A canvass of 1,000 likely voters by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank, and Rasmussen Reports. -
The Good and Bad Economics of Plea Bargains
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Plea bargains let persons accused of crimes plead guilty and receive reduced charges or a reduced sentence. -
U.S. Postal Service Gained Revenue in 2019 but Lost $8.8 Billion Due to Retiree Costs
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Package delivery is the one area where USPS makes money. -
Organization Tracks Lawsuits Challenging Colleges’ Sexual Misconduct Policies
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -FIRE’s Campus Due Process Litigation Tracker is a searchable database of Title IX litigation. -
Report Shines Light on Pork-Barrel Spending in Tennessee
Opinion -budget-tax-news -From corporate welfare and cronyism to out-and-out thievery, the report rolls out no fewer than 25 examples of waste, fraud, and abuse.