Opinion
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Brand X Ruling Language Makes a Case for Ending Obsolete Telecom Regulatory Regime
Opinion -After years of litigation and bureaucratic wrangling, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided cable companies can be exempted from onerous regulations that would force them to share their lines with rival Internet service providers. -
Internet Backbone Competition and the SBC/AT&T Merger
Opinion -Five years ago, U.S. -
Texas Charter Schools Seek Funding Equity
Opinion -Despite being required to meet the same performance standards as other public schools, Texas charter schools must do so with less state money, a study released August 1 concluded. -
Governors Agree on Education Data Guidelines
Opinion -After a report from the watchdog group Education Trust delivered a stinging rebuke this June, the governors of 46 states and Puerto Rico agreed on July 17 to adopt a standard formula for determining high school graduation rates. -
Choosing the Best School for Your Child
Opinion -Thanks to the expansion of Ohio's voucher program and a host of legislative victories for school choice reforms nationwide in 2005, more parents than ever before have additional options in helping meet their children's educational needs this year. -
Virtual Classrooms Abound on Internet
Opinion -Just as online college and graduate programs have broadened the range of options in higher education, virtual charter schools and online classes are gaining popularity among the K-12 set. -
Kentucky Parent Holds Educators Accountable
Opinion -Richard Innes might be one of Kentucky's chief public education watchdogs, but he'll be the first to tell you he stumbled into the job. In 1994, Innes was alarmed by his daughter's performance on a Kentucky assessment test. -
John Walton’s Legacy Provides Solid Foundation for School Choice Efforts
Opinion -John Walton, who passed away at age 58 in a plane crash in June, was an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune and one of the wealthiest people in the world. -
Environmental Science Book a Good Buy for All
Opinion -Environmental Science: A Self-Teaching Guide by Barbara Murck, Ph.D. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005 $19. -
Analysis: Time to Consider Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -As vouchers and tax credits move from theory to practice in cities and states across the country, greater attention is being focused on matters of program design. -
State Tax Revenues Skyrocket in Early 2005
Opinion -State tax revenues are climbing much faster than initial estimates in most states, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey. Total state tax revenues increased almost three times faster than inflation in the first quarter of 2005. -
Tenn. Town’s TABOR Pays Off for Taxpayers
Opinion -Unlike government officials in many fast-growing communities, who point to growing demands on services to maintain or hike taxes, the city of Spring Hill, Tennessee, 30 miles south of Nashville, is pointing to lower taxes as a reason for its growth. -
Gas Tax Increase Will Go Before Wash. Voters
Opinion -Washington state voters will get a chance this November to repeal a gasoline tax increase lawmakers passed at the end of the spring legislative session. -
As Michigan’s Cigarette Tax Climbs, Trafficking Surges
Opinion -With a cigarette tax of $2 a pack, fourth-highest in the nation, after another increase took effect on July 1, Michigan has been making a name for itself as home to smugglers and other scofflaws of the tobacco tax. -
AFL-CIO Defections May Weaken Unions’ Influence
Opinion -The defection of two major unions from the AFL-CIO has stirred questions about the possible impact on local, state, and national tax and budget policies. -
Battle over Washington State Spending Limits Law Continues in Court
Opinion -Four days after the Washington Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit asking to protect voters' right to file a referendum on legislative actions, groups representing Washington State taxpayers filed a new lawsuit to preserve tax and spending limits approved -
‘Dr. No’ Consistently Fights for Tax and Spending Restraint
Opinion -Minnesota State Rep. Phil Krinkie is a Republican and successful businessman from Lino Lakes who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1990, when the Democratic Farm and Labor Party (DFL) overwhelmingly outnumbered Republicans. -
Americans, Left and Right, Work to Counter Kelo Decision
Opinion -Controversial Supreme Court decisions animate much of American history, but few have been so widely condemned as the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in the case of Kelo v. New London, handed down June 23. -
Project Stems from Supreme Court Ruling
Opinion -In 1992 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled states could not require sellers that do not have a physical presence or "nexus" within the same state as the consumer to collect state taxes. -
Iowa: Small State with a Big Tax Watchdog Group
Opinion -Iowa may be one of the smallest states--just five congressional districts and a population of 2.94 million--but it can boast the nation's largest state taxpayer advocacy group, Iowans for Tax Relief (ITR). -
Working for ‘Right to Vote’ on Most Taxes
Opinion -Iowans for Tax Relief's big push now is for the People's Right to Vote Amendment, which ITR secretary Jeffrey Boeyink said would give the people of Iowa the final say on taxes, by majority vote in a state general election. -
Tax-Hike Votes Haunt Some Virginia Republicans
Opinion -In June, Virginia voters selected the state's House of Delegates candidates for the fall elections. It was the first election since Virginia lawmakers passed the largest tax increase in the state's history last year. -
No 46,000% Return for Social Security Recipients
Opinion -The Social Security system, also known as Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), was enacted in 1935. In 1940, the first benefit check, for $22.54, was paid to Ida May Fuller. -
Low Demand, Mismanagement Plague I-SaveRx
Opinion -The State of Illinois' drug importation program, I-SaveRx, expanded its supplier list of countries offering prescription medications by adding Australia and New Zealand in July.
