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  • CFACT Taps Marc Morano to Head Project

    Published May 1, 2009
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    The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow is adding environmental policy writer and analyst Marc Morano to its staff to lead a project providing information about global warming.

  • Bill Would Let Retirees Forgo Medicare

    Published May 1, 2009
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    A Tennessee Congresswoman has offered legislation to allow retirees the option of forgoing enrollment in Medicare without losing their Social Security benefits, which federal law currently prevents them from doing.

  • Regulate Retail Clinics, Indiana Legislator Asks

    Published May 1, 2009
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    Indiana state Sen. Patricia Miller (R-Indianapolis) is calling for stiffer standards regulating retail clinics serving patrons in pharmacies, shopping malls, and big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target.

  • Congress OKs, Expands SCHIP

    Published May 1, 2009
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    President Barack Obama’s signing of legislation reauthorizing and expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program surprised no one, but it raised plenty of concerns among health policy experts and budget watchdogs.

  • Acting FCC Chief Calls for Internet Regs in ‘Public Interest’

    Published May 1, 2009
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    In a speech celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Federal Communications Commission and the Communications Act, acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps declared it is time to think “more rigorously” about how the government should regulate the

  • Activists Motivated by Power, EU’s Klaus Tells ICCC

    Published May 1, 2009
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    Environmental activists are less concerned about any crisis posed by global warming than they are eager to command human behavior and restrict economic activity, the president of the Czech Republic told the opening session of the second International

  • Boucher Proposes to Regulate Online Ads

    Published May 1, 2009
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    A Virginia congressman is calling for the federal government to restrict the ability of Internet companies to target Web ads based on the sites users like to visit—a common practice known as “behavioral advertising.”Rep.

  • California Lawmaker Proposes Jail Time for Posting Photos

    Published May 1, 2009
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    A member of the California Assembly has introduced a bill to require Web sites such as Google Maps to blur photos of schools, churches, government buildings, and hospitals.

  • Chicago Prostitution Sting Leads to Craigslist Lawsuit

    Published May 1, 2009
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    Cook County, Illinois Sheriff Thomas Dart is suing Craigslist for becoming what he says is the nation’s “single largest source of prostitution.

  • Climate Change Conference Rebuts Alarmism

    Published May 1, 2009
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    The growing number of global warming skeptics around the world scored a major victory during the second International Conference on Climate Change, which confronted the issue, “Global warming: Was it every really a crisis?

  • Climate Conference Keynoters Rebuke Alarmists

    Published May 1, 2009
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    U.S. Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) and scientist Arthur Robinson, who has assembled a list of more than 31,000 U.S.

  • Cox Cable Congestion Management Plan Challenged, Defended

    Published May 1, 2009
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    As Cox Communications seeks to relieve intermittent congestion on its networks by according higher priority to time-sensitive traffic while allowing minor delays in other traffic, the company’s policy has drawn the ire of self-described

  • DC Opportunity Program Faces Tough Reauthorization Battle

    Published May 1, 2009
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    The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, a $410 billion spending bill signed by President Barack Obama in March, will cancel the DC Opportunity Scholarship program unless it is reauthorized by Congress and authorized by the District of Columbia City

  • Dentist Sues Couple Over Negative Web Review

    Published May 1, 2009
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    A pediatric dentist is suing a California couple because their son gave the dentist a negative review on Yelp.com—a case that is raising concerns about freedom of expression on the Internet.

  • Economist: Choice Is Best Path to Education Reform

    Published May 1, 2009
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    A leading University of Kentucky economist says empowering parents through school choice will prove more effective in reforming public education than the state’s top-down, one-size-fits-all policies.

  • Green Jobs Picture Mostly Shades of Gray

    Published May 1, 2009
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    “Green jobs” have been touted as the silver bullet for the nation’s growing unemployment problem, jolting the economy out of recession, ridding dependence on foreign oil, and making the environment cleaner.

  • Health Care Finance ‘Reform’ Will Slam Economy

    Published May 1, 2009
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    The worst idea candidate Barack Obama had during the presidential campaign was his pledge to finance health care reform with taxes on capital. To be fair, he didn’t word it that way.

  • International Climate Science Coalition Expands in U.S.

    Published May 1, 2009
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    The International Climate Science Coalition announced in March that it is working with Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D.

  • Kansas Legislators Protect Coal Power Option

    Published May 1, 2009
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    Kansas House and Senate leaders are negotiating the final language of legislation to prevent the governor’s office from using global warming allegations to justify blocking coal power plant construction in the state.

  • Kentucky Moves to Repeal Nuclear Moratorium

    Published May 1, 2009
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    The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill to end a moratorium on new nuclear power facilities in the state. Senate Bill 13 would repeal a law requiring a permanent federal storage facility become operational before any new nuclear power plants can be built.

  • Los Angeles Voters Reject Solar Initiative

    Published May 1, 2009
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    In a surprising blow to environmental activists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union, Los Angeles voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have required the city to install 400 megawatts of solar panels by 2014.

  • Maryland Considers Tax Credit Bill

    Published May 1, 2009
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    School choice supporters in Maryland have built broad support for tax credit legislation that offers benefits to students who leave and those who remain in the public education system.

  • Maryland Court Protects Online Anonymity

    Published May 1, 2009
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    In a case hailed as a victory for First Amendment rights on the Web, Maryland’s highest court has ruled Internet users who make anonymous postings have the right to keep their identity secret.

  • Minneapolis Wi-Fi Network Is Foundering

    Published May 1, 2009
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    Minneapolis’s citywide wi-fi network is not exactly “citywide,” and a few areas are taking much longer than promised to bring online.

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