Opinion
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Bipartisan Team Launches California Pension Reform Ballot Initiative
Opinion -In November 2014, California State Controller John Chiang published a report calculating the total value of local and state public pension programs’ unfunded pension liabilities. -
EPA Tells Kids to Avoid Baths and Asks them to Check Toilets for Leaks
Opinion -Parents across America who struggle to keep their young rambunctious kids clean now have a new obstacle: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). -
Florida Legislators Vote to Reduce Testing Requirements
Opinion -The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday, April 9 to scale back testing requirements for students. The bill awaits signing by Gov. Rick Scott (R), according to the Tampa Bay Times. HB 7069 passed by a 105-6 vote. -
Nevada Legislature Passes State’s First School Choice Program
Opinion -Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) signed Assembly Bill 165 into law Monday, April 13, passing Nevada's first school choice program, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. -
Petaluma City Council Plans New Airbnb Regulations, Taxes
Opinion -Prompted by a group of residents opposed to the popular sharing-economy website Airbnb, the Petaluma, California City Council is finalizing new housing restrictions targeted at making it harder for individuals to host travelers in their homes on a -
The American People Aren’t Stupid Enough to Buy the Manmade Climate Change Crisis Narrative
Opinion -Late last year, the name Jonathan Gruber became part of the public consciousness for his newly public declarations that Obamacare passed due to the “stupidity of the American voter. -
The Obama Climate Monarchy
Opinion -ISIS terrorists continue to butcher people while hacking into a French television network. Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons remains on track. -
Transit Ridership Increases: No Escape From New York
Opinion -Transit ridership is increasing in the United States. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA)has reported that 10.8 billion trips were taken on transit in 2014, the largest number since 1956. -
White House Cancels Clean Coal Project
Opinion -A project with which President Obama hoped to cement his environmental legacy during his remaining years in office has failed.The Obama administration touted FutureGen, and its successor, FutureGen 2. -
Nationalistic Net Neutrality Naiveté
Opinion -The New York Times’ editorial, “Global Threats to Net Neutrality,” scolds the world for not following the FCC’s nationalistic concept of net neutrality. -
Marijuana Flavored E-Cigarettes Hit U.S. Markets Creating Questions about Liberty
Opinion -While the war over the use and taxation of electronic cigarettes wages, Dutch company E-njoint has started selling a new marijuana-flavored “e-joint” that will almost certainly lead to controversial legal battles over their distribution and use in states -
FCC Detours Innovation To Government Slow Lane
Opinion -The FCC’s irrational fear of commercial Internet fast lanes has detoured communications innovation to the government slow lane.In February the FCC imposed Title II 1934 telephone utility regulations on the Internet. -
Sen. McConnell, States Challenge EPA Clean Power Plan
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #167 The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) appears to have few fans. Elected officials from 32 states have made public their objections. -
Oregon Lawmaker Proposes New Music Therapy Job Regulations
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Kansas Gov. Brownback Proposes Spending Cuts After Sin-Tax Plan Flops
Opinion -After facing stiff resistance to a proposed hike on alcohol and cigarette taxes, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) is now exploring cutting government spending and implementing other reforms to close a $600 million projected deficit for fiscal year 2015. -
‘Tebow Bill’ Vetoed by Virginia Governor
Opinion -A bill to allow homeschooled students to compete alongside their public school peers in sports passed both Virginia’s House and Senate in February, but instead of signing House Bill 1626, as supporters of the bill had hoped, Gov. -
Minnesota County Rejects Permanent Ban on Frac Sand Mining
Opinion -County Commissioners in Houston County, Minnesota voted to reject a permanent ban on frac sand mining by a 3-2 margin. Passage of the ban would have required a 4-1 vote in favor. -
West Virginia Senate Guts Common Core Repeal Bill
Opinion -The West Virginia Senate has made serious changes to a bill that would repeal the state’s Common Core State Standards. House Bill 2934, designed to replace Common Core with state-specific standards, passed the House in February. -
Wisconsin Gov. Walker Signs Right-to-Work Bill into Law
Opinion -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed legislation to make union membership in a place of work voluntary instead of mandatory. -
Obama’s Objective: Nationalize California’s Government-Made Water Disaster
Opinion -California – the Golden State that hasn’t been golden in decades. And has for decades been under the near total control of the Democrat Party. These two things are not unrelated. -
Links Between Fracking and Air Quality Questioned
Opinion -A widely cited study purporting to show oil and gas operations using hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, cause serious air-quality issues suffers from “significant flaws,” a new report has found. -
Congress Revives Plan to Collect Sales Tax on Internet Purchases
Opinion -A group of House members are reintroducing a proposal that would force online businesses to collect and remit sales taxes on purchases made in states where the businesses are not located. In 2014, the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) was passed in the U.S. -
Do High-Stakes Exit Exams Improve Student Achievement?
Opinion -John H. Bishop, a professor of human resource studies at Cornell University, has devoted much of his career to studying the effects of high-stakes exit exams on student achievement. -
Obamacare’s an 8 out of 10, Except for States and People
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #458 Asked to grade the performance of his signature law recently, President Barack Obama gave Obamacare an 8 out of 10.
