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Friday, April 18, 2008Legal Beagle for Liberty Needed in Maine!By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralThe affable rabble rousers at the Maine Heritage Policy Center seek an in-house counsel/trial attorney for its new state Constitutional Law Center. Following the lead of the successful Goldwater Institute more »»
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Thursday, April 17, 2008Got Film Production Skills?By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralA video production manager is sought by the free-market folks at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The VPM will be "responsible for managing and producing weekly videos for CEI and its youth activist network, Bureaucrash." ... more »»
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Friday, April 11, 2008Treating Mortgage MadnessBy Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralThe laws of perverse incentives and unintended consequences are alive and well in the mortgage muck being slung from Washington, DC. Have a couple minutes to educate yourself? Refer to a few quick blogs from The Heritage Foundation, under the apt heading, “more »»
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008Workforce Development Should Stay in Private SectorFiled As: Education (k-12), GeneralEven as companies shed jobs, there's a mismatch between workers available and skills required. That has lead to the Portland Tribune of Oregon to warn of a workforce crisis. Sreya Sarkar of the Cascade Policy Institute ... more »»
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Saturday, April 19, 2008Arkansas Policy Foundation has a New WebsiteBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, Education (k-12), GeneralThe Arkansas Policy Foundation has a relatively new website with a new URL (www.arkansaspolicyfoundation.org). Its policy accomplishments page mentions an ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008Will Voters Recall Michigan Legislators in 2008?Tax hike lights new fuse, rekindles interest in historic 1983 recalls By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralIn 1983, Michigan voters recalled two legislators from office. The impetus: a tax increase. Many other lawmakers were targeted, including the governor. A state resident at the time, I remember being asked to sign petitions frequently. This citizens revolt is inspirationally recounted in “more »»
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008NY City Council Funds Fake OrganizationsYet another reason for online government budgets By Kurt T. WeberFiled As: GeneralSince 2001, the New York City Council has funneled millions of dollars to fake organizations. As Sara Kugler of the Associated Press reports, these were considered reserve funds of sorts. This fraud ... more »»
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Thursday, March 27, 2008Alabama Legislature Moves Forward On Immigration EnforcementFiled As: GeneralA bi-partisan group of state legislators want Alabama to be one of numerous states to bring clarity to state law addressing immigration enforcement, employer verifiation and enforce exsiting laws. A senate committee reported favorably by a vote of 10-0 the Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen ... more »»
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Monday, April 7, 2008When Health Care Transparency is a Trojan HorseBy Linda GormanFiled As: General, Health CareStart your week right by enjoying the gate crashing call to action pasted below. An email from a progressive group, it clearly shows how calls for health care transparency are being used as Trojan horses--without more government control we'll never know what is going on--and why those interested in ... more »»
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Monday, March 24, 2008Ethics Training for legislators and lobbyists"The volume of grumbling suggests real change is afoot." Filed As: GeneralHere is a piece that is widely circulated in Alabama. I (Michael Ciamarra) have been told that this really made a number of lobbyists and status-quo, insider legislators "grumble." My co-author is one of the most remarkable, talented and idea-driven state legislators. Why it ... more »»
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