Articles
Articles (page 60)
-
The Williams Report
Budget National: S&P finds tariffs could hurt state, city budgets Alabama: The Alabama Senate delivers a general fund…
-
Louisiana Takes Positive Step to Remove Occupational Licensing Barriers
The Pelican State is the last remaining state in the country that makes it illegal to be a florist without…
-
Legislator of the Week: Maryland Delegate Trent Kittleman
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Maryland State Delegate Trent Kittleman. Delegate Kittleman is a member of the…
-
Legislator of the Week: Missouri State Senator Brian Munzlinger
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Missouri State Senator Brian Munzlinger. Senator Munzlinger is a third generation Missouri farmer…
-
Converting Pension Plans from Defined Benefit (DB) to Defined Contribution (DC): The Myths and the Messaging Part 3
The information monopoly possessed by Defined Benefit (DB) plan actuaries creates an enormous information imbalance in the discussion over how…
-
Online Sales Tax: Crushing Small Business
Hardworking individual and business taxpayers deserve protection from out-of-state tax collectors and regulators. The United States Constitution, as well as…
-
Video Game Violence and the Game Washington Plays
Almost like clockwork after a tragedy of gun violence, special interests begin pointing fingers. One of the regular targets of…
-
Legislator of the Week: Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado. Senator Alvarado has practiced medicine in Winchester, Kentucky…
-
Georgia State of the State: Gov. Deal Touts “Orchards of Opportunity”
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal unveiled an ambitious and packed legislative agenda for the coming year in his final State…
-
Arkansas Budget Address: Planning for Tax Reform
In his January address to the Joint Budget Committee, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson outlined the details of his $5.6…
-
Mississippi State of the State: Improving the Improvements
In his seventh State of the State address on January 9, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant proclaimed that Mississippi is…
-
New Jersey Inauguration: Governor Murphy Claims the Moral High Ground in Bid to Expand Government
On January 16th, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delivered his first inaugural address. Few would take issue with the…
-
Rhode Island State of the State: Governor Applauds Success of Past Reforms, Misses on Need for More
During her annual State of the State address, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo pointed to an improving economy evidenced…
-
State of the State: South Carolina Gov. McMaster Announces Bold Pro-Growth Tax Reform Agenda
In his first State of the State address, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared that federal tax reform and…
-
Tennessee State of the State: Haslam Calls for Continued Fiscal Prudence in Volunteer State
In his eighth and final State of the State address, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam counseled lawmakers to continue their…
-
Delaware State of the State: Governor Admits Budget Deficit “A Simple Math Problem” But Proposes More Spending
To his great credit, Governor John Carney admitted in his 2018 State of the State Address, that the state’s…
-
Colorado State of the State: Hickenlooper’s Pursuit of Taxes
The governor is right that “by almost any measure, we’ve become one of the best places for business in America.” But expanding crony capitalism and increasing the tax burden make maintaining this coveted status more difficult. Following five consecutive years in the top 10 for economic outlook in Rich States, Poor States, Colorado dropped to 16th in 2013 and has failed to fully recover. A sharpened focus on regulatory reform and pension reform are required to guarantee continued success in the Centennial State.
-
Kansas State of the State: Gov. Brownback Resists Tax Hikes, Calls for Constitutional Amendment on Ed Financing
The governor’s rejection of a tax increase is welcomed news for taxpayers. Just last year, legislators overrode his veto in order to enact an enormous tax increase of $1.2 billion over the next two years alone. This tax hike on individuals and businesses wiped out much of the tax reductions from the 2012 reforms. Avoiding a new tax increase, pushing for a voter-approved constitutional amendment on school financing, and demanding educational reforms will help avoid compounding the damage from last year’s tax hikes.
-
State Legislator Letter: State and local officials across the country are resisting calls to allow aggressive taxation across state borders
As state legislators, we oppose the attempts to overturn constitutional precedent safeguarding Congress’s essential authority to protect interstate…
-
Maine State of the State: Governor Embraces Bold Tax Reforms for Final Year
Maine Governor Paul LePage delivered his final state of the state address. He did not attempt to shape his legacy…