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John Hendel April 1, 2013 Article reproduced with permission from Warren Communications News Inc. — www.warren-news.com or 800-771-9202. Please do not further redistribute this or post online without permission from Warren Communications News. The push to keep states from regulating [...]

The first southern state to enact renewable power mandates may be the first to repeal them. North Carolina Rep. Mike Hager (R-Rutherford) introduced legislation, the Affordable and Reliable Energy Act, to freeze renewable power mandates at current levels and repeal [...]

The Daily Policy Digest, an online newsletter from the National Center for Policy Analysis, featured excerpts from Abuse and Personal Information, a report by the Exchange Council’s Director of Communications and Technology Task Force, John Stephenson, in a post about [...]

By: Jeff Patch DES MOINES—Iowans should be outraged that an out-of-state group that doesn’t disclose its donors and aims to influence policy exists to bend the ears of state lawmakers, according to state Sen. Joe Bolkom, D-Iowa City—never mind that [...]

C. Stevens Seale Appointed Chairman Of Private Sector Advisory Council New Chairman Provides Leadership And Vision For The Next 40 Years  WASHINGTON, DC (March 8, 2013) – The American Legislative Exchange Council today announced the appointment of C. Stevens Seale [...]

In Kansas, A ‘Glide Path’ To No Income Taxes. Will It Work? NPR Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has put the state on what he calls a “glide path to zero” income tax. But that glide path is far from being [...]

By: Chris Rickert At first blush, amending the state’s founding document to protect something as pedestrian as funding for the Department of Transportation just doesn’t have the kind of wow factor I look for in a constitutional amendment. But then, [...]

By: Robert Robb Over a decade, 48 percent of all job growth in the United States occurred in just nine states. What did these states have in common? They are the nine states in the country that do not have a [...]

In a new report released February 6, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) seeks to debunk tax reform “myths” while calling on states to cut taxes. The report condemns progressive policies that it says are responsible for the Great Recession and [...]

California Legislature Has Fate of State in its Hands | FlashReport.org By: Katy Grimes The California Legislature will be back in business on Monday Jan. 7. As the new and returning legislators prepare for legislating a very damaged California, I [...]