Opinion
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SHOP Exchange Continues to Flounder
Opinion -Yesterday's Washington Post has a story regarding the general failure of Obamacare's SHOP exchanges to expand health coverage. A sample: A year after the Obama administration temporarily shelved an unfinished part of HealthCare. -
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Declaring African Lion Threatened
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the African lion as threatened under the Endangered Species Act after finding the species is in danger of extinction in the foreseeable future. -
Tennessee School District Takeover Debated
Opinion -Teachers in Shelby County, Tennessee are rallying against the proposed expansion of the Achievement School District, a state-run entity that moves the state’s lowest-performing districts into its jurisdiction. -
Establishing a Parent Trigger by Lawsuit
Opinion -In 2010, a small nonprofit organization promoted, and succeeded in helping pass, the first "parent trigger" law in California. -
Australia Embraces the Less Government-Free Trade Model – We Should Too
Opinion -We recently referenced the very good news to come from an otherwise very bad President Barack Obama China trip.U.S., China to Drop Tariffs on Range of Tech ProductsThe U.S. -
More Logging Needed to Combat Wildfires, California Official Says
Opinion -Western states have faced severe wildfire seasons in recent years. This year was no exception, prompting officials in many states to bemoan the growing threats wildfires pose to the environment and economy. -
CFTC Rulemaking Process Needs Greater Scrutiny, Transparency
Opinion -Regulators, confident in their own virtue and ability, have typically seen little need to have anyone check their work. -
Bill Would End EPA Use of “Secret Science”
Opinion -The House Science Committee under Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) passed H. R. 4012, “The Secret Science Reform Act,” out of committee in June. -
Prostate Cancer and Energy Poverty
Opinion -Smoking, obesity, exposure to toxic chemicals: Which of these factors do you think plays the biggest role in determining how deadly prostate cancer will be in a given situation? The correct answer is none of them. -
Obamacare Enrollment Overstated by 400,000
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services once again lowered its estimate of the number of Americans enrolled in health plans through government exchanges in 2014. The 6. -
Dodd-Frank Annual Costs to Approach $200 Billion
Opinion -In the wake of the recent elections, there is one thing both parties still agree on: Middle-income families are being squeezed and voters are angry. But why? And what should be done about it? -
Britain: E-Cigarettes Almost Exclusively Used by Smokers and Ex-Smokers
Opinion -The British government has just released statistics on e-cigarette use (here). -
Storm Brewing Over New EPA Ozone Standard
Opinion -With Republican majorities both Houses, the incoming Congress is likely to be unreceptive to the Obama administration’s regulatory agenda and could pose resistance to the Environmental Protection Agency’s highly controversial proposal to lower the -
Rural Nebraskans hit with Big Obamacare Rate Hikes
Opinion -LINCOLN, Neb.–Allan Douglas has been selling insurance since the 1980s, and as the owner of an independent insurance agency in Omaha he had a front-row view of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. -
Jonathan Gruber and the Truth About Obamacare
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #446[Subscribe] Jonathan Gruber has been called to testify on Capitol Hill before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in December, a hearing that will almost certainly turn into an airing of grievances over Obamacare -
States Reject GMO Scares
Opinion -Voters in two states, Colorado and Oregon, defeated GMO labeling at the ballot box in the November elections. This is the third year in a row activists who want labels identifying genetically modified foods have lost state initiatives and referenda. -
Government Green Appliance Subsidy Half-Baked, Says Study
Opinion -Academic research examining the outcomes of a green subsidy program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has found the program largely failed to achieve its stated goals. -
Alaska Doctors Hit by Federal Overregulation
Opinion -Kaiser Health News offers a pretty good roundup of stories each day on health care, and anybody who wants to stay on top of things would be well advised to subscribe to their daily e-mail (it's free). -
Medicaid Expansion Damages Corbett Reelection Bid
Opinion -In the Republican wave election that swept the nation in November, Pennsylvania Republicans increased their majority in the State House of Representatives to a 60-year high and added to their majority in the state Senate. -
Colorado’s Renewable Energy Mandate Constitutionality Challenged
Opinion -The Energy & Environment Legal Institute is challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s renewable energy standard.In November of 2004, Colorado voters passed a referendum imposing a renewable portfolio standard on the state. -
New Congress Should Heed Voters, Kill Internet Sales Tax
Opinion -As the 113th United States Congress gives way to the incoming 114th Congress—a transition that will include 50 new representatives and 12 new senators—hopes for passage of a plan to tax goods and services purchased online are dead for 2014. -
CPSC Offers Bad Tidings of Holiday Season Regulations
Opinion -Federal consumer safety regulators made the holiday season less festive for homeowners this year, as a wave of new product safety rules took effect in December. -
Study Says States Skimping on Pension Funding
Opinion -Despite requirements to fully account for and balance spending and revenue, state governments are carrying a massive amount of unfunded liabilities on their accounting sheets—endangering the finances of future taxpayers and retiring public-sector -
Hundreds of Records Fall During Cold Spell
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #148 Climate tweet of the week from economist Richard Tol: “The US-China climate deal is a model for world diplomacy: too small to fail” http://gu.