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  • Momentum to Continue

    Published May 1, 2008
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    In his concluding remarks at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change hosted by The Heartland Institute and more than 50 cosponsors, Heartland President Joseph Bast laid out an agenda for future collaboration.

  • Kentucky Bills Would End Moratorium on Nuclear Power Plant Construction

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Three Kentucky legislators have introduced legislation in the state House and Senate to end a 25-year moratorium on nuclear power plant construction in the state.

  • California Science Requirements

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Sixth graders in California are supposed to learn about hard science in their science classes.

  • California State Senate Approves New Global Warming Curriculum

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Climate change issues would become a required part of the public school curriculum and textbooks in California under legislation recently approved by the state Senate.

  • Low-Income Groups Fight California Global Warming Law

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Low-income community groups in five California cities have launched a statewide campaign against any global warming regulation that allows industries to trade carbon emissions, saying it would amount to "gambling on public health.

  • Southern Baptists: Our Position on Global Warming Was Misrepresented

    Published May 1, 2008
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    The Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative has issued a Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change that global warming activists are using to give the false impression of a major split among Southern Baptists over global warming.

  • Georgia Legislators Propose New School Choice Programs

    Published May 1, 2008
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    If legislators and parent activists succeed in passing two key pieces of legislation, Georgia--which for decades offered few options for parents to determine the best schools for their children--may quickly become the state with the most private school

  • California Court to Reconsider Homeschooling

    Published May 1, 2008
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    California's Second Appellate District Court of Appeals touched off a firestorm when it issued an opinion that parents have no right to homeschool their own children--a firestorm so great that on March 25, a full month after issuing its decision, the

  • Florida Committee Chairman Seeks to Expand Voucher Program

    Published May 1, 2008
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    A Florida lawmaker says unmet student needs and a tight budget call for expansion of an established school choice program targeted at families in poverty. State Sen.

  • Federal Education Budget Becomes Focus of Debate

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Budget resolutions passed by the U.S. Senate and House include significant boosts for education spending in FY 2009. Both budget resolutions were passed in March largely along party-line votes.

  • Missouri Fire District Finds Success in HSAs

    Published May 1, 2008
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    A fire district in St. Louis County, Missouri has shattered the myth that tax increases are the only way to cure health care ills in the public sector by setting its 2008 health care budget at its lowest cost since 1999.

  • Florida Improves Test Results in Key Areas, Student Subgroups

    Published May 1, 2008
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    A leading education researcher says a closer look at national test scores makes the case for other states to follow the reform programs implemented in Florida by former Gov. Jeb Bush (R). Dr.

  • California Dropout Study Sparks Controversy

    Published May 1, 2008
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    A study of California's high school dropout rate has sparked a debate about the merits of nontraditional schools.

  • School Funding Problems Provide Ripe Political Opportunity in Ill.

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Exemplifying a reform opportunity that applies across the nation, Illinois legislators will be presented this year with yet another chance to reconfigure the political balance of power in their state and reestablish their electoral relevance.

  • Ohio Town Proceeds with Wi-Fi Plan

    Published May 1, 2008
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    With plans for citywide wireless Internet systems crumbling around the nation, Gahanna, Ohio is on schedule to become the first city in Ohio to begin work on such a system.

  • Texas Emerging Technology Fund to Undergo Legislative Review

    Published May 1, 2008
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    The Texas Legislature's Committee on Economic Development will conduct a review of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TEFT), House Speaker Tom Craddick (R-Midland) has announced.

  • Gates Urges Feds to Increase Skilled Labor Pool for Technology

    Published May 1, 2008
    Opinion -
    Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has made in recent weeks a series of optimistic predictions about information technology growth during the next 10 years.

  • Wireless Silicon Valley Plan Revived

    Published May 1, 2008
    By Steven Titch
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    In an effort to revive a failed municipal wireless project originally envisioned to cover most of Silicon Valley, Covad Communications has launched a technology trial of a WiFi overlay network in San Carlos, California.

  • Calif. May Let Special Interests Mine Internet

    Published May 1, 2008
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    On February 22, the last day to introduce new legislation in the 2007-2008 session, California's lawmakers unleashed more than 650 bills. In this barrage, legislators seek to derail one of the state's thriving industries: the technology sector.

  • Anti-‘Pretexting’ Efforts Stall in Congress

    Published May 1, 2008
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    After a flurry of legislative initiatives at the state level and policy action at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), federal legislation to criminalize pretexting--the impersonation of a customer to gain access to his or her private

  • States Take Action Against Pretexting

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Illinois was among the first states in the nation to make it illegal to pretend to be an account holder in order to gain phone records and other personal information.

  • From Climate Alarmism to Climate Realism

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, made international headlines at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change by pointing out the threats to human freedom posed by unnecessary greenhouse gas restrictions.

  • Climate Policy Analyst Answers a Student’s Global Warming Questions

    Published May 1, 2008
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    Kenneth Green, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the book Global Warming, Understanding the Debate, provided the following answers to global warming questions posed by a middle school student. 1.

  • Report Grades Nation’s School Choice Programs

    Published May 1, 2008
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    A February study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice offers a valuable evaluation of school choice programs in 21 states.

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