Opinion
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Why States Are Rejecting Obama’s Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #334Over the past week, we’ve heard from a wide variety of liberal sources amazed at the idea that states would reject the billions in “free money” from the federal government to expand their Medicaid programs under President Barack -
Maryland Law Protects Social Networking Passwords
Opinion -Maryland has become the first state to enact a law prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring that an applicant or employee disclose a user name or password to personal social media sites. Gov. -
California Prepares to Auction Carbon Credits
Opinion -The central component of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) is taking effect this year, and with the state facing a $15.7 billion deficit, political leaders have ended a long debate over how to spend revenue the Act is expected to generate. -
Officials Plan Dramatic Restructure of Philadelphia Schools [SHORT]
Opinion -Local officials have released a plan to rebuild the long-ailing Philadelphia School District from the ground up.“The current structure doesn’t work,” said School Reform Commission (SRC) ChairmanPedro Ramos. -
Mining Resurgence Revitalizes Upper Michigan Economy
Opinion -Michigan’s economically beleaguered Upper Peninsula is experiencing a dramatic economic turnaround thanks to a resurgence in mining. -
California Budget Depends on Voters Approving Billions in New Taxes
Opinion -California legislators in late June approved dozens of amendments to this year’s state budget, but opponents say it's still unbalanced and incomplete. The budget depends on voters approving an $8 billion tax increase in November. -
Daily School Reform News Roundup, July 2 to 6
Opinion -Now that more than half the states have received waivers of No Child Left Behind from the Obama administration, even the New York Times is noting the department has used them to legislate around Congress. -
FCC Allocates MBAN Spectrum
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission has established service rules for the world's first spectrum allocation for Medical Body Area Networks. -
Nuclear Power on Rise Despite Fukushima Hysteria
Opinion -Germany and Japan are making headlines for shutting down their impressive nuclear power portfolio, but far more countries are refraining from burying their head in the sand. -
New Hampshire Overrides Governor’s Veto, Passes Statewide School Choice
Opinion -New Hampshire’s legislature overwhelmingly overrode Gov. John Lynch’s veto to make it the eleventh state to create tax-credit scholarships allowing families to choose their child’s K12 school. -
California Lawsuit Pits Mothers as Courtroom Food Police
Opinion -It’s not just the government that functions as the food police. -
Low-Wage Workers Likely to Suffer from Rhode Island Wage Hike
Opinion -Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee (I) has signed a bill raising his state’s minimum wage to $7.75 an hour, 50 cents an hour more than the federal wage floor. The law takes effect January 1. -
The Tyrannical Agenda of Environmental Activists
Opinion -Review of Eco-Tyranny: How the Left’s Green Agenda Will Dismantle America, by Brian Sussman (WND Books, 2012), 315 pages, ISBN- 978-1936488506The United States has more energy resources than Saudi Arabia, but for some strange reason we are not allowed to -
Obamacare RIP: John Roberts Cannot Save You
Opinion -Progressives are desperate to prevent the country from learning that free market conservatives have long been proposing policies to assure essential health care for all, and achieve all the other goals of Obamacare, at just a small fraction of the costs. -
How to Defeat and Replace Obamacare Now
Opinion -Whether Left, Right, Independent, or Confused, no one who is not bought and paid for as part of the Obama political machine is going to like the Obama Double Cross of the American people on Obamacare. -
State of Wyoming and Colorado Mining Association Fight Roadless Rule
Opinion -The State of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the federal government’s Roadless Area Conservation Rule, also known as the Roadless Rule. -
Supreme Court Limits Union Fees On Non-Members
Opinion -In last week’s decision in Knox v. SEIU, the Supreme Court limited unions’ ability to charge non-members for political activity. -
Appeals Court Affirms Limits on Debt-Collection Robocalls
Opinion -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled companies employing automatic dialing technology must receive the consent of cell-phone subscribers before attempting to contact them. -
Washington State Limits Medicaid Reimbursements for Emergency Room Visits
Opinion -The state of Washington is limiting Medicaid reimbursement for emergency room visits in an attempt to reduce the state’s $2 billion budget deficit. Expected to save the state $33 million from the General Fund and $38. -
FCC Extends Cable ‘Viewability’ Rule
Opinion -Under an order adopted unanimously by the Federal Communications Commission, all cable companies with hybrid, digital-analog systems must continue carrying stations' analog signals until Dec. 12, 2012, after which the rule will sunset. -
Wyoming, Feds Explore Land Trade
Opinion -The State of Wyoming is working on a formal agreement with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to trade environmentally sensitive lands for lands rich in minerals, oil, and natural gas resources. -
Ohio Parts Company with National Association of Clean Air Agencies
Opinion -Ohio is cutting its ties with the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, a group of state and local air pollution control officials that routinely champions environmental activist claims and controversial U.S. -
Survey Shows Dramatic Growth in Consumer Driven Health Plans
Opinion -New data show 13.5 million people are now covered by consumer-driven health plans offering Health Savings Accounts, a sharp increase from the previous year. -
Change.org Controversy Highlights Democratic Party Split Over Education
Opinion -Change.org recently dropped two education reform groups from its list of clientele soon after one posted a petition challenging the Chicago Teacher’s Union on the popular progressive website. Change.