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Sen. Paul Proposes Significant Changes to Tax Code
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Zero Emission Vehicles Pollute
Opinion -A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, "Environmental Benefits from Driving Electric Vehicles?" shows the moniker ‘zero emission vehicle,’ attached to electric cars is misplaced. -
Top 10 Global Warming Lies
Opinion -Editor’s note: As a special feature this month, Environment & Climate News is publishing an article by Heartland Senior Fellow James Taylor rebutting a series of claims made by the Environmental Defense Fund in recent fund raising mailers it’s sent out. -
Tennessee Gov. Haslam Campaigns for Gas Tax Hike
Opinion -Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) is campaigning across the state for the first gasoline tax increase in 25 years. The tax would raise money for proposed increases in state infrastructure spending. -
Sen. Rand Paul Sues IRS Over Overseas Banking Tax Program
Opinion -United States Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is suing the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury over the constitutionality of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). -
Ohio Gov. Kasich Signs Expanded Budget
Opinion -The new budget for the State of Ohio for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 was signed into law by Gov. John Kasich (R), reducing the income tax rates on individuals by 6. -
Obama: Iranian oil, good. Canadian oil, bad. American oil, bad.
Opinion -President Obama’s confusing approach to energy encourages our enemies who shout “death to America,” while penalizing our closest allies and even our own job creators. -
Missouri Passes Law Restricting Policing for Profit
Opinion -Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) signed a bill placing a cap on the proportion of revenue cities and counties can collect from traffic enforcement and capping the total amount of fines and penalties on traffic violations. -
Supreme Court Blocks EPA’s Mercury Emissions Rule
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has set aside a far-reaching set of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations targeting mercury, arsenic, and acid gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. -
St. Louis Sacks Taxpayers with Big Sports Stadium Bill
Opinion -More than $5 million in taxpayer money has already been spent on the preliminary planning stages of constructing a replacement National Football League (NFL) stadium for the St. Louis Rams. The team’s owners have threatened to leave St. -
Kansas Sin Taxes Spur Out-of-State Shopping Trips
Opinion -New “sin tax” hikes, approved by Kansas lawmakers in June, are prompting residents to buy tobacco in nearby states with lower tax rates. Lawmakers approved increasing the excise tax on cigarettes from 79 cents per pack to $1.29 a pack, a 63 percent hike. -
House Transportation Chairman Proposes Privatizing Air Traffic Control
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Senators Rubio, Graham Propose Online Poker Ban
Opinion -U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are introducing the Senate’s version of the Restoring America’s Wire Act (RAWA) bill, which would make online poker and gambling a federal crime. -
States Should Copy Winning Policies for Economic Growth
Opinion -Instead of doubling down on outdated policy ideas such as raising taxes and increasing government spending, state governments facing budget crises should look to successful states for ideas on how to jumpstart their own economies and reverse population -
Abusive IRS ‘Structuring’ Cases Continue, Despite Promise of Reform
Opinion -In rural North Carolina, Lyndon McLellan runs the L&M Convenience Mart, a small gas station and restaurant, half a mile outside the limits of Fairmont. -
Privatization to the Rescue
Opinion -With many cities and states struggling to balance their budgets and financially strained taxpayers unable to sustain liberal spending sprees, elected officials are being compelled to choose between raising taxes and service fees or cutting back on the -
Study: Common Core Violates Federal Law
Opinion -A new research paper by the Pioneer Institute, a free-market think tank based in Massachusetts, says Common Core standards along with two testing consortia responsible for administering tests aligned with the standards are in violation of federal laws. -
No, Fracking isn’t Causing Oklahoma’s Earthquakes
Opinion -Anti-fracking groups are trumpeting a new study published in Nature Communications as a smoking gun supposedly proving hydraulic fracturing has been causing earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma. -
How Safe is Your Drinking Water and Can the EPA Really be Trusted?
Opinion -Shouldn't safety be the ultimate goal for the water we use and drink daily, which local water companies provide for residents in every state in this nation? But can the public be certain that the water provided is all that it's reported to be? -
Climate Alarm Industry Exposed
Opinion -Review of Scared Witless: Prophets and Profits of Climate Doom, by Larry Bell (Mt. Vernon, Washington: Stairway Press), 254 pp., ISBN-978-1-942071-21-2 1, ISBN-978-1-941071-22-9; $22. -
Medicaid, Medicare Threaten New Mexico’s Budget
Opinion -High health care costs in government programs and other expenses have New Mexico on its way to becoming the Greece of the United States.One out of every 2.5 New Mexico residents is on Medicaid, compared to the national average of one out of every 4. -
States Consider Closing Health Insurance Exchanges in Wake of Court’s Decision
Opinion -In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision in King v. -
New Jersey Continues to Pay Teachers Without Permanent Jobs
Opinion -The city of Newark, NJ is experiencing a growing number of teachers not assigned to a permanent location, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. -
Legislative Pulse: Oregon
Opinion -Editor’s Note: Rep. Julie Parrish is a member of the Oregon House of Representatives (R-Tualatin) who serves on the Human Services and Housing, Veterans, Emergency Preparedness, and Natural Resources Committees.
