Opinion
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Trapped City Kids Need Tickets Out, Not More Edu-Insider Chit-Chat
Opinion -On April 1 America's Promise Alliance, a coalition of the nation's education elite, released a report on the school dropout problem, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. -
Washington Democratic State Senator Sues to Overturn Taxpayer Protections
Opinion -To overcome a forecast $2.4 billion budget deficit, the majority leader of the Washington state senate is suing the state to make it easier for lawmakers to raise taxes. -
States Moving to Weight-Based Taxes on Smokeless Tobacco Products
Opinion -For some lawmakers, switching their states from an ad valorem tax on smokeless tobacco products to a unit-based tax is a matter of fairness. For others it is a matter of stabilizing revenue. For others it's a matter of health. -
Intellectual Property Rights at Stake in Fla.
Opinion -A lawsuit filed in a Gainesville, Florida U.S. District Court could determine whether university professors can claim exclusive rights to their lecture notes. -
Maryland Taxpayers Pay Big Money for Controversial E-Voting System
Opinion -A new study based on data collected from Maryland state government agencies reveals the state's elections now cost 10 times what they did in 2002, almost entirely because of the operating costs of the state's direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting -
Court Rules in Favor of TiVo over Dish Network
Opinion -A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling in favor of TiVo in a patent-dispute case with Dish Network over the latter's alleged use of TiVo's proprietary digital-video recorder (DVR) technology. -
Public Schools Lose Support of Idaho Parents
Opinion -If the Idaho Public School System were a private business, it would have closed by now, according to a study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. -
Assigned Readings Show Teacher’s Alarmist Prejudice
Opinion -A detailed look at several of the articles apparently consulted by students in the sixth grade classroom of teacher Michael Steria at David A. Brown Middle School in Wildomar, California suggests the extent of the indoctrination inflicted on the children. -
Chicago Midway Airport Privatization Takes Wing
Opinion -Chicago's Midway International Airport, which handles 19 million passengers a year, could become the first major commercial airport in the United States to go private. -
Labor Union Density Shows First Uptick Since 1983
Opinion -The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) annual report on union membership in the United States has logged the first increase in union membership as a share of the U.S. workforce in nearly 25 years. -
Public-Sector Unions Must Disclose Financial Dealings, District Court Rules
Opinion -A U.S. District Court judge has ruled federal financial transparency laws apply to certain public-sector unions, traditionally exempt from such regulations. -
FTC Report: U.S. Postal Service Needs More Freedom and Less Protection
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Effort to Help Veterans Will Kill Jobs
Opinion -Shortly before Memorial Day the U.S. House of Representatives voted 256-166 to boost military veterans’ education benefits--in a way that would hurt veterans’ chances of finding and keeping a job. -
Experts Debate Causes, Cures for Uninsured
Opinion -April 27-May 3 was Cover the Uninsured Week, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-sponsored initiative to raise awareness about the millions of Americans who lack health coverage. -
HSAs Under Attack in Congress
Opinion -Brian McManus of the Health Care Freedom Coalition and Dan Perrin of the HSA Coalition, both member organizations of Consumers for Health Care Choices, are mobilizing a defense of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) against a new threat in Congress. -
Municipal Wi-Fi Delayed in St. Charles, Illinois
Opinion -A municipal wi-fi project in St. Charles, Illinois is approximately one month behind schedule but continuing to move forward. MeshLinx of Richardson, Texas is adding needed equipment to the electricity nodes, with completion expected in another 30 days. -
Yahoo Establishes Human Rights Fund in China
Opinion -Following an international outcry over its role in assisting Chinese authorities in identifying dissidents online, Internet services firm Yahoo, Inc. -
Arizona Considers Takeover of Failing Local School Districts
Opinion -Arizona state officials' proposed takeover of a notoriously poor-performing Phoenix school district has stirred a far-reaching debate about local school governance. -
Will Florida Voters Choose Freedom Over School Uniformity?
Opinion -They were called Opportunity Scholarships when, in 1999, Florida created them to give parents the power to move their children out of failing public schools. -
NJ Governor Proposes Cuts in Spending, Jobs
Opinion -New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) did more than make good on his promise to send the state legislature a Fiscal Year 2009 budget that would spend no more than the current budget. He proposed a FY 2009 budget that would spend slightly less than the $33. -
Wisc. Voters Weaken ‘Frankenstein’ Veto, But Governor Retains Rewrite Power
Opinion -Wisconsin voters in April overwhelmingly supported a referendum on a constitutional amendment to weaken the governor's "Frankenstein" veto, so called because of the monstrosity it has become in the eyes of critics. -
North Carolina Climate Change Proposals Would Raise Taxes and Limit Freedoms
Opinion -Proposals to help North Carolina address global warming would raise taxes, hurt the poor, and limit consumers' choices, according to a recent report from the North Carolina-based John Locke Foundation. -
Proposed Minnesota Wireless Regs Are Unneeded, Destructive
Opinion -Minnesota is no different from other states facing budget problems. -
Freight Rail in Unprecedented Expansion, While High-Cost Urban Rail Transit Lags
Opinion -Two years ago, I suggested the era of multibillion-dollar system-building investments in urban rail transit is coming to an end.
