Publications
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Research & Commentary: Anti-Economic Boycott Bill Will Protect Missouri Economy, Ensure Show Me State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Missouri House of Representatives would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring regimes by ensuring that taxpayer dollars do not fund commercial boycotts that reduce economic growth, cause job losses, and shrink Missouri’s tax base. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment firms and financial institutions that […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-Economic Boycott Bill Will Protect Ohio Economy, Ensure Buckeye State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Ohio House of Representatives, the Fair Access to Financial Services Act, would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring regimes by ensuring that taxpayer dollars do not fund commercial boycotts that reduce economic growth, cause job losses, and shrink Ohio’s tax base. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-ESG Bill in Georgia Will Ensure Peach State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Georgia Senate would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being […] -
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Ohio Senate Overrides Gov. Mike DeWine’s Veto, Bans ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ of Minors
Publication -Ohio Senate overrides Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto, bans ‘gender-affirming care’ of minors and men in women’s sports. by Tyler O’Neil The Ohio Senate voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68, which will protect minors from experimental transgender treatments euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” and safeguard fairness in women’s sports. The override […] -
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Solution to Mississippi’s health care crisis: Repeal CON Laws
Publication -Solution to Mississippi’s health care crisis: repeal certificate-of-need laws that limit access to a variety of medical services. By Douglas Carswell Often in politics, it is easier to define a problem than it is to solve it. Remember Barack Obama’s eloquent speech about the need to unite America beyond red states Vs blue states? When Obama […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-Economic Boycott Bill Will Protect Iowa Economy, Ensure Hawkeye State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Iowa Senate would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring regimes by ensuring that taxpayer dollars do not fund commercial boycotts that reduce economic growth, cause job losses, and shrink Iowa’s tax base. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment firms and financial institutions that forces […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-ESG Bill in Missouri Will Ensure Sooner State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Missouri House of Representatives would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-ESG Bill in Nebraska Will Ensure Cornhusker State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Nebraska Legislature would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-ESG Bill in Oklahoma Will Ensure Sooner State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Oklahoma House of Representatives would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly […] -
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Texas AG Sues Drug Makers for Adulterated ADHD Drugs for Children
Publication -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing drug manufacturers Pfizer and Tris Pharma for misrepresenting a drug to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) they claimed complied with Food and Drug Administration regulations, that was adulterated. Tris was under contract with Pfizer to manufacture the ADHD drug Quillivant XR for children enrolled in Medicaid. The Texas AG’s […] -
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Michigan Physicians Call Out Corporate Practice of Medicine
Publication -The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) is urging State Attorney General Dana Nessel to investigate violations of a state law prohibiting unlicensed corporations from owning medical practices. MSMS sent a five-page letter to Nessel on October 23 stating that private equity groups have used a “series of deceptive legal loopholes” in states, including Michigan, to […] -
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Republicans Face Challenges on Health Care in 2024 Election
Publication -A survey by the progressive Navigator political research group found that three in five American voters view the Affordable Care Act (ACA) favorably, more people trusted the Democratic Party on health care issues, and most voters believe a Republican president would repeal Obamacare. Navigator sampled 1,000 registered voters online from November 30 to December 4, […] -
Research & Commentary: Minimum Wages Hikes Are on the Table for West Virginia
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The West Virginia House of Representatives is considering House Bill 4534, legislation that would raise the minimum wage in the Mountain State to $15 per hour by September 30, 2029. The legislation would incrementally raise the minimum wage beginning with an increase to $10 per hour beginning September 30, 2024, then increasing by $1 per hour […] -
Research & Commentary: Minimum Wages Hikes Are on the Table for West Virginia
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The West Virginia House of Representatives is considering House Bill 4256, legislation that would raise the minimum wage in the Mountain State to $15 per hour, by December 31, 2029. The legislation would incrementally raise the minimum wage beginning with an increase to $10 per hour beginning December 31, 2024, then increasing by $1 per hour […] -
Research & Commentary: Minimum Wages Hikes Are on the Table for Oklahoma
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Oklahoma Senate is considering Senate Bill 1276, legislation that would raise the minimum wage in the Sooner State to $13 per hour by November 1, 2024. The legislation would incrementally raise the minimum wage beginning with an increase to $13 per, then increasing by $0.50 per hour every year over a five-year period after […] -
Research & Commentary: New York May Continue to Increase the Minimum Wage
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The New York Senate is considering Senate Bill 8154, legislation that would raise the minimum wage in the Empire State to $17 per hour by January 1, 2025. The legislation would incrementally raise the minimum wage beginning with an increase to $16 per hour, then increasing to $17 per hour on January 1, 2026, or, […] -
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‘March-in” Policy Threatens Research for Rare Disease Treatment
Publication -The federal government is moving forward with controlling drug costs by approving “march-in” authority on drug pricing. The Biden administration announced on December 7 that it would be directing government entities to employ the “march-in” clause under the Patent and Trademark Act Amendments, also called the Bayh-Dole Act, to curb the pricing of certain medications. […] -
CPI-X: A Novel Method to Decrease Spending and the National Debt
Publication -Policy Briefs -U.S. federal spending is out of control, and has been for several decades. In 1970, the federal government’s budget totaled $232 billion. In 2024, federal spending will rise to $7.9 trillion, an increase of 3,320 percent over the past 54 years. Even worse, federal spending is forecast to surge to $12.95 trillion by 2038. Decades […] -
Research & Commentary: Expansion of Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Program Would Benefit Low-Income Show-Me State Families
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the Missouri Senate would raise the funding cap of the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program, a tax-credit scholarship-funded education savings account (ESA) program, by 50 percent and open up eligibility for the program to all Missouri children from families with household incomes below 400 percent of the federal poverty level. Currently, the Empowerment […] -
Research & Commentary: Expanding Budget for South Dakota’s Tax-Credit Scholarship Program More Necessary than Ever
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation making its way through the South Dakota Senate would expand the budget for the Partners in Education Tax Credit Program (PETCP), a tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students, by $1.5 million, with program’s new budget cap being $5 million. This would represent a 42 percent increase from PETCP’s current budget cap of $3.5 million. […] -
Research & Commentary: Education Savings Accounts for Low-Income and Special Needs Children Would Be a Step Forward for Virginia
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation introduced in the Virginia General Assembly would establish the Education Excellence for All Program, an education savings account (ESA) program open to low-income children and students with disabilities. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks and uniforms, private tutoring services, educational therapies, […] -
Research & Commentary: Anti-ESG Bill In South Carolina Will Ensure Palmetto State Pension Funds Invested Appropriately
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation in the South Carolina Senate would combat environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring systems and ensure state pension funds are invested solely to achieve the maximum return on investment for pensioners, rather than advancing social or political causes that may likely lead to lower returns and financial underperformance. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly […] -
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Fetal Tissue Experiments Under Federal Investigation
Publication -The alleged illegal harvesting of body parts from late-term aborted babies at the University of Pittsburgh (UP) is at the center of a two-year-old investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), recently obtained emails confirm. OIG investigators are said to be focusing on lab experiments conducted from […] -
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Racial Quotas for State Medical Boards Under Fire
Publication -The nonprofit organization Do No Harm is challenging a 35-year-old law in Tennessee that requires the governor to appoint members to state licensing boards based on racial quotas in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division. The complaint claims Tenn. Code 8-1-111 and 63-3-103 (b) violate […]