Opinion
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Higher Oregon Gas Taxes and Fees Loom
Opinion -Oregonians could face a state gasoline tax hike and higher fees on vehicles through the state’s Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009. The act, proposed in November by Gov. -
House Votes to Expand SCHIP Program
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Looming Doctor Shortage Calls for Market Solutions
Opinion -The Association of American Medical Colleges projects the United States will have 124,000 fewer doctors than it needs by 2025, resulting in a national dependence on nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants to manage increasing patient loads -
More States Take Up Cyber-Bullying Laws
Opinion -A few high-profile cyber-bullying cases—usually involving schoolchildren—have prompted many states to consider legislation against the practice. -
Nation Needs to Import More Tech Workers
Opinion -Current government policy controlling and regulating technology work by foreign-born researchers in the United States is “broken” and “quietly undermine[s] our national security and economic well-being,” according to a recent -
New Jersey Sierra Club Misrepresents Climate Data
Opinion -Continuing a trend of environmental activist groups misrepresenting data that contradict claims of global warming in individual states, New Jersey Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel played fast and loose with key climate data in a December 26 article in -
New M.D.s Can Find Shift to Real World Difficult
Opinion -Medical schools with health information technology-rich programs could be setting students up for a tough transition to the real world, according to a report from the Vanderbilt University Medical School. -
New York Judge Tosses Out ‘Amazon Tax’ Challenge
Opinion -A judge has tossed out a legal challenge to a New York law requiring out-of-state companies to collect sales taxes for the state. The ongoing court fight could become a landmark case determining the future of Internet commerce. Seattle-based Amazon. -
Obama Rejects Reform with Duncan Pick
Opinion -Nominating Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan to head up the U.S. Department of Education was like selecting Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.The difference is that with $2. -
Oregon’s ‘GPS Tax’ Raises Privacy, Efficiency Worries
Opinion -Oregon officials are seeking to equip all vehicles licensed in the state with global positioning systems in an effort to fill a budget gap caused by falling gasoline tax revenues. -
Overspending, Heavy Debt Are Causing States’ Budget Shortfalls
Opinion -Thirty states are facing budget shortfalls of approximately $30 billion in total in fiscal 2009, and 25 are in line for shortfalls totaling about $60 billion in 2010, according to information collected by the National Governors Association, National -
Pharmaceutical Companies Give Up Gifts to Physicians
Opinion -All “non-educational” gifts from pharmaceutical companies to doctors are now banned under an ethics policy adopted by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, an industry trade organization. -
Phosphorus Bans Ignore Problem’s Real Causes
Opinion -Editor’s note: This is the second in a four-part series on the science behind phosphorous bans increasingly being proposed in state legislatures.Phosphorus in turfgrass fertilizers comes in two chemical forms, and both are 100 percent water-soluble. -
Study: Entrepreneurial Care a Model for Entire System
Opinion -Health care markets where patients pay directly create price and quality competition, according to a study by Devon Herrick, Ph.D., a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. -
Suburban St. Louis Fire District Would Allow Voters to Cut Taxes
Opinion -A suburban St. Louis fire protection district is moving to ask voters to pass a tax rate decrease referendum. A policy vote by the board expected in January would place the measure on the April election ballot. -
Vermont May Cut Catamount Health Program
Opinion -The Vermont legislature is considering making cuts to the state’s Catamount Health program, a taxpayer-funded health insurance program for low-income individuals enacted in late 2007. -
Washington Official Backs State-Run Plan
Opinion -Washington state insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler has proposed a state-run health insurance plan for Washington residents not covered by Medicaid. -
Health Care Honesty And Accountability
Opinion -During President Obama’s “not quite a state of the union” speech on Tuesday, he called for a new era of honesty and accountability in government. Those are fine words, but he broke that promise even before leaving the podium. -
Ignore President; Listen To Rep. Ron Paul
Opinion -President Obama grabbed attention with his primetime televised speech on economic recovery Tuesday night, but the real cure for America’s economic ills was prescribed in a quick few seconds of a two-minute speech delivered Wednesday morning to the -
FDIC’s Burden Growing
Opinion -David Carpenter’s comment on the security of FDIC-insured online banks places a great deal of faith in an institution that is under a great deal of strain (Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 17). That faith may be undeserved. -
Obama Eyes Carbon As A ‘Pollutant’
Opinion -The Obama administration is about to take the first step toward regulating carbon dioxide as an “air pollutant” under the Clean Air Act, according to Carol Browner, the administration’s special advisor on climate change and energy. -
‘Fire Hansen’ Movement Hits Facebook
Opinion -Demands for the firing of NASA astronomer and global-warming fear-monger James Hansen are spreading rapidly through the World Wide Web. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #8-04
Opinion -A Leeds University student plans to sue the school after it accidently threw away about 75 pounds of rare lizard dung.The university offered the student $750 and apologized, but the student wasn’t satisfied. The student, a Ph.D. -
Consumer Power Report #166
Opinion -Sometimes when the debate gets heated we can lose track of basic principles and start cutting deals just to resolve a dispute. As necessary as that may be from time to time, it is important not to lose sight of the essentials.
