Publications
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Research & Commentary: Vermont Wind and Solar Development
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Vermont has several interventionist policies designed to encourage the development of wind and solar power. These include a 7. -
Research & Commentary: New Mexico Right-To-Work
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In both 1979 and 1981, the New Mexico Legislature passed right-to-work laws, but both bills were vetoed by then-Gov. Bruce King (D). -
Research & Commentary: Vermont Single-Payer Health Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Vermont is the first state to attempt to establish a completely government-run health care system, financing and administering health care services and health insurance coverage. -
Research & Commentary: New Mexico Right-To-Work
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In both 1979 and 1981, the New Mexico Legislature passed right-to-work laws, but both bills were vetoed by then-Gov. Bruce King (D). -
Research & Commentary: Preschool Expansion and Development Grants
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2014, Congress appropriated $250 million for a program offering preschool grants for states that apply for them. -
Research & Commentary: E-Cigarette ‘Smoking’ Bans
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As electronic cigarettes grow in popularity, state and local governments are finding ways to regulate and tax them. Some jurisdictions have decided e-cigarettes and other vapor products should be covered by city or statewide smoking bans. -
Research & Commentary: New Study on EPA CO2 Regulations
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new regulations on carbon-dioxide emissions from existing power plants that require these facilities to reduce their CO2 emissions by 30 percent of the 2005 base year by the year 2030. -
Research & Commentary: South Carolina Common Core
Publication -Research and Commentaries -South Carolina became the second state in the nation to repeal Common Core State Standards, a set of requirements for what elementary and secondary school children should know in each grade in math and English, when Gov. -
The Leaflet: Are Wind Turbines Hazardous to Human Health?
Publication -The Leaflet -Are Wind Turbines Hazardous to Human Health? Earlier this month, Brown County Health Board in Wisconsin was the first government agency in the U.S. to announce that wind turbines are a “human health hazard. -
Research & Commentary: Tax Reform in Wisconsin Is Not Yet Complete
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Since 2011, Gov. Scott Walker (R) and the General Assembly have cut taxes by nearly $2 billion. Prior to Wisconsin’s tax reforms, the state had five income tax brackets, with rates ranging from 4.6 percent to 7.75 percent. -
Research & Commentary: Tennessee Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Recent moves by Pennsylvania and Indiana to expand their Medicaid programs under the false mantle of being a “free-market alternative” to Obamacare have emboldened some Republican governors to reconsider their opposition to Medicaid expansion. -
The Leaflet – EPA Proposes New Carbon Dioxide Standards
Publication -The Leaflet -EPA Proposes New Carbon Dioxide StandardsAccording to a story recently released by Bloomberg, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to regulate modernized power plants under two separate sections of the Clean Air Act. -
Replacing the Environmental Protection Agency
Publication -Beginning around 1981, liberal activist groups recognized EPA could be used to advance their political agenda by regulating virtually all human activities regardless of their impact on the environment. -
The Leaflet: Wireless Taxes Are Twice as High as the Average Sales Tax
Publication -The Leaflet -Wireless Taxes Are Twice as High as the Average Sales TaxAccording to a report recently released by the Tax Foundation, Americans now pay an average of 17.05 percent in combined federal, state, and local tax and fees on wireless service. -
Research & Commentary: Nuclear Power
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Almost 20 percent of the United States’ electricity is generated by nuclear power, with more than 100 nuclear power units in 31 states. -
Research & Commentary: Oregon Carbon Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On August 14, 2013, Oregon passed a bill authorizing a study of the feasibility of a statewide carbon tax. The study is expected to be presented to legislators on November 15, 2014. -
Research & Commentary: Georgia Common Core
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On September 24, 2014, a Georgia House Study Committee on the Role of the Federal Government in Education examined Common Core State Standards. It was the third of four such meetings, with the fourth scheduled for October 21 in Gainesville, Georgia. -
Research & Commentary: Maryland Renewable Portfolio Mandate
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Maryland’s renewable portfolio mandate, also known as a renewable power mandate, requires utilities in the state to procure from renewable sources 20 percent of the electricity they supply to retail customers by 2022. -
Research & Commentary: SNAP Update and the Return of Work Requirements
Publication -Research and Commentaries -For the first time in several years, the number of enrollees in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the food assistance program also known as food stamps, has begun to shrink in many states and the country as a whole. -
Research & Commentary: New Jersey Estate Taxes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Few taxes imposed by state or local governments are more controversial than the estate tax, popularly referred to as the “death tax.” Estate taxes are levies on property transferred from a deceased person’s estate to relatives or other parties. -
The Leaflet: Employer Mandate Hinders Business Success and Growth
Publication -The Leaflet -Employer Mandate Hinders Business Success and GrowthOn October 7, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. -
Testimony to the Baltimore Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee
Publication -Testimony -Distinguished members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the important topic of vapor products, which are commonly referred to as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes. -
Liberating the Poor from the Medicaid Ghetto
Publication -Policy Briefs -Medicaid is a massive federal-state entitlement program desperately in need of reform. Its mission is to provide health care to the poorest of the nation’s poor ... -
Research & Commentary: Corporate Tax Inversions
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate among the 34 nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), in addition to being one of the few nations still using a “worldwide system.