Opinion
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School Choice Can Bust Government’s Education Monopoly
Opinion -Editorial -For the past year, South Carolina lawmakers have focused on a major education reform plan. Unfortunately, their plan will likely not include the most significant education reform possible: school choice. -
Climate Catastrophe Theory Is ‘Hoax,’ Award-Winning Scientist Says
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Beginning in 1980, with the very poorly thought-out Comprehensive Environmental Regulation and Compensation Act legislation, better known as Superfund, environmental zealots took over EPA, and not another useful piece of legislation has passed since. -
Study: Medicare For All Would Require Huge Tax Hikes On The Middle Class
Opinion -Editorial -Several studies estimate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ recently released Medicare for All (M4A) plan would cost approximately $30–$40 trillion over the next decade. -
Beneficial Choice Entails More Than ‘Mental Health Days’
Opinion -Editorial -Instead of mental health days, Oregon should try mental health school transfers. -
Nevada Transit Authority’s Ridesharing Service Rolls Up Huge Losses
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission’s (RTC) rideshare service, “Trip to Strip,” was launched in May. -
Is Alabama a Poor State?
Opinion -Editorial -By most measures of income, yes, but income does not account for the cost of living. -
Legislative Pulse: Colorado Legislature Overrides Voters’ Oil and Gas Decision
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New restrictions on oil and gas development in Colorado is a mockery of local control, and will devastate the industry. -
Twenty-Two States, Seven Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Power Plant Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A coalition of 22 states and seven cities has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Trump administration violated the 1970 Clean Air Act when it replaced Obama-era coal-fueled power plant rules with new regulations to curb carbon-dioxide emissions. -
The Responsibility of Business
Opinion -Editorial -The Business Roundtable (BR), a group of chief executive officers (CEOs) of some of America’s largest corporations, recently released a statement claiming that businesses have a broader purpose than simply making profit. -
FCC Chair Supports T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Justice Department and attorneys general of five states approved the acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile for $26.5 billon. -
North Carolina Extends Sales Taxes to More Digital Products, Services
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Broadens the scope of the sales tax on digital property. -
Labor Department Broadens Options for Small Businesses’ Retirement Plans
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The new regulation allows many more employers to join Association Retirement Plans (ARPs) in order to offer 401(k)-type savings plans to their employees. -
EPA Exceeds President’s Goals for Reducing Regulations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -An internal watchdog report shows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded the president’s regulatory reduction goals, removing more regulations per regulation issued in fiscal year 2017 than any other federal agency. -
Federal Court Trump Administration Ax Obama Era WOTUS Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -One of the most far-reaching regulatory initiatives ever undertaken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been struck down by a federal court in Georgia and then withdrawn by the Trump administration. -
The Electoral College Matters and Has Benefited Us
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Under the Electoral College system, presidential elections are decentralized, taking place in the states. -
Space Economy Requires Property Rights, Free Market
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New markets, systems, and innovations have the potential to transform civilization, offering greater wealth for society, as well as potential solutions to climate, energy, and resource problems. -
Trump Administration Rescinds California’s Fuel Economy Waiver
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration has announced regulations withdrawing a waiver that allowed California to set separate standards for greenhouse gases, under which the state set higher fuel economy requirements for cars sold within its borders. -
Green Activists Hate Trump More Than They Love Animals
Opinion -Editorial -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just made history by announcing a plan to end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal testing by 2035. -
Congress Pays Lobbyists to Kill Industry, Again
Opinion -Editorial -The House of Representatives’ Democrat majority FY2020 budget includes refunding the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. -
Jersey City Voters Could Ax Restrictions on Short-Term Rentals
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Voters submitted a petition to put a new city ordinance on the ballot this November. -
Iowa Increases Scholarship Tax Credit Cap by $2 million
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -More Iowa children will be able to attend private schools of their choosing next year. -
Trump Administration ESA Reforms Emphasize Species at Most Risk
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Department of the Interior unveiled regulations guiding how the 46-year-old Endangered Species Act will be carried out, aimed at reducing costs and focusing scarce agency resources on recovering species most at risk of disappearing. -
Minnesota Winemakers Challenge Requirement to Use In-State Grapes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Minnesota Wineries Battle Weather and State Law -
Keystone XL Pipeline Overcomes Last Legal Hurdle in Nebraska
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A dozen years after it was initially proposed, the Keystone XL Pipeline cleared a major hurdle to its completion as the Nebraska Supreme Court approved its revised path through the state, ending the final Nebraska-based legal challenge to the pipeline.
