Opinion
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Oregon Voters May Put Cigarette Tax Hike into Constitution Permanently
Opinion -Taxpayers in Oregon are faced with an unprecedented measure on the November 6 ballot. Measure 50 would permanently place a tobacco tax increase into the state constitution. -
Unions’ 2006 Campaign Money Buys Legislative Attention for Big Labor
Opinion -The State of Labor 2007 report by the Labor Policy Center of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation notes Big Labor's heavy investment in the Democratic Party's takeover of Congress in the 2006 elections has succeeded in buying attention from lawmakers. -
A Primer on the Economics of Carbon Taxes and Cap-and-Trade Systems
Opinion -The two most prominently mentioned schemes for curtailing carbon dioxide emissions are carbon taxes and a cap-and-trade system. There are pros and cons to each. Cap-and-Trade Shortcomings The trading of carbon credits is troublesome. -
Missouri Taxpayers Defeat Billion-Dollar School Lawsuit
Opinion -Three members of the board of directors of the Show-Me Institute, a free-market think tank, helped make Missouri the latest state to strike down a lawsuit claiming inadequate funding for education. -
New Jersey Returns Some Control to Newark
Opinion -Newark's public schools took their first steps back to local control in mid-October when the state Board of Education approved a resolution to return limited management power to the district after more than a decade of state control. -
NCLB Reauthorization Stalls on Capitol Hill
Opinion -The Bush administration and Congressional Democrats continue to pledge their commitment to seeing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorized during the 110th Congress. -
Report Asks: Should Super-Rich School Districts Receive State Aid?
Opinion -An October report by a respected budgetary watchdog group in New York has shed light on enormous differences in local wealth available to support public education. -
Teacher Sexual Misconduct Runs Rampant in U.S. Public Schools
Opinion -A seven-month investigation by The Associated Press revealed a disturbing amount of sexual misconduct by schoolteachers--usually toward students--in American schools. -
Return of Control Does Not Mean Newark Public Schools Are Improving
Opinion -While the state of New Jersey decided in October to return some control of schools to the Newark School District, one expert says the move doesn't necessarily mean student achievement is rising. -
Do Rural Telecom Subsidies Slow Broadband Growth?
Opinion -After a day at the annual Rural Telecom Conference, or Rural TeleCon, advocates of free-market policies had reason to emerge downcast. -
FCC Set to Revisit Cross-Ownership of Media
Opinion -The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is floating several proposals for changing certain media ownership rules in the United States. -
Congress Seeks ‘Bill of Rights’ for Wireless Users
Opinion -Under fire from consumer action campaigns and political pressures, Congress is considering legislation calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate terms of wireless user contracts, including early termination fees (ETF) and other -
RICO Suits Treat Companies Like Gangsters
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court in October refused to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a RICO suit against Microsoft and Best Buy to proceed in civil court. -
Microfinance Gets Online Presence
Opinion -A San Francisco-based Internet start-up is shaking up the microfinance world by offering online loans from individual volunteers. -
Pharmacy Reimbursement Bill Stalls in Congress
Opinion -Community pharmacy owners nationwide watched with concern this autumn as U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) delayed scheduling hearings for federal legislation that may make or break their businesses' future. -
Study Identifies States’ Health Policy Reform Successes … and Mistakes
Opinion -On September 4, a public policy research group in Kansas released a study showing which health care reforms are--and are not--working in other states. -
Cancer Society Turns Ad Campaign Toward Politics
Opinion -Faces of Americans flash across the television screen as a narrator says, "This is what a health care crisis looks like to the American Cancer Society: People with cancer but without insurance, countless others with insurance, just not enough to cover -
Choice Is Key to Cutting Florida Dropout Rate
Opinion -Many people are stunned to learn that less than 50 percent of minority children graduate high school in Florida. -
Minnesota Becomes First State to Stop Billing After Medical Errors
Opinion -Minnesota's hospitals have formally agreed to stop charging patients and insurance companies for certain medical errors, such as operating on the wrong body part. As a practical matter, it's not really a huge change, hospital officials say. -
Tuscaloosa Parents Fight for School Choice
Opinion -Tuscaloosa, Alabama parents are pressing for the right to take their child out of bad schools and put them in good ones. -
Students Thrown Climate Life Preserver
Opinion -Two new children's books on global warming are out. One is designed to reduce anxiety among children; the other is designed to heighten it. So which is better? That depends on how you like your facts--right or wrong. -
Illinois Adjusts Electricity Price Structure
Opinion -Legislation altering the pricing structure of electricity took effect in Illinois on August 28, creating an uncertain future for electricity prices in the state. -
Two New Children’s Books Take on Global Warming
Opinion -Two new books on global warming for kids are out. One is designed to reduce anxiety among children; the other is designed to heighten it.