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Resolution In Support of Ending Unauthorized Federal Spending
WHEREAS, the national debt has increased to alarming levels, and, WHEREAS, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) there is more than $310 billion of unauthorized appropriations for fiscal year…
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Open Enrollment Act
Section 1. {Purpose.} The Purpose of this Act is to improve educational achievement and to enhance the opportunity for parental choice in education by providing additional options to…
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The Treating Accused Persons Fairly Act
{Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Title.} This Act may be cited as “The Treating Accused Persons Fairly Act of 2011” Section 2. {Congressional Purpose.} The…
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State Council on Competitive Government Act
{Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Definitions.} In this chapter: (1) “Council” means the State Council on Competitive Government. (2) “Local government” means a county, municipality, special district, school district,…
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Resolution on DNA Testing and Victims’ Rights
WHEREAS, a primary role of state government is to ensure public safety; and WHEREAS, the efficient use of DNA technology is paramount to helping law enforcement identify…
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Great Teachers and Leaders Act
Section 1. {Legislative declaration.} (A) The Legislature hereby declares that: (1) A system to evaluate the effectiveness of licensed personnel is crucial to improving the quality…
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Choosing A Better Way to Educate Students
In the policy paper released by the Republican House Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility, solutions to the education system that will help keep vulnerable youth from…
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New Developments in Civil Asset Forfeiture in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety has recently purchased technology from the Electronic Recovery and Access to Data Group Inc. (ERAD) allowing law enforcement to freeze and seize funds loaded…
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Union Time on the Taxpayer Dime
Connecticut state budgets are in dire straits. Belts need to be tightened. Revenue projections estimate the budget deficit could spill over $900 million in 2016-2017. With such staggering shortfalls,…
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Several Pro-Growth Regulatory Reform and Energy Policy Proposals included in Speaker Ryan’s “A Better Way” Campaign
Since the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009, Republicans in Congress have been accused by some of being the “Party of No.” Rather than proactively proposing solutions to…
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Speaker Ryan’s Promising Vision for A Better America
Eighty federal welfare programs have been established to combat poverty. Government spending on programs for low-income people has risen by more than 7 percent per year in the past decade.
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Philadelphia Embraces Discriminatory Taxation
"This is not the narrative that had been told to the public."
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New Hampshire Governor Signs Bipartisan Legislation Establishing Statewide Drug Court Program
Another tool has been added to help fight New Hampshire’s drug crisis, as drug courts are about to be established across the Granite State. Continuing her efforts to implement a…
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The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
Recently, state legislatures around the country have begun to legislate against the practices of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS, whose founding and funding have…
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Raise the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction Bill Passes the Louisiana Legislature, Governor to Sign
The Louisiana legislature passed LA S.B. 324 on June 6 and has sent the measure to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a former ALEC member legislator in the Louisiana Senate,…
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Changing Lives Across Multiple Measures: School Choice Delivers By Metrics of Parents and Regulators
A new meta-analysis of studies done on the academic achievement of students in school choice programs shows that empowering parents to choose, delivers across multiple assessment metrics.
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Spending Cuts and Tax Reform: Not ‘Heads’ or ‘Tails’
Insofar as state fiscal policy goes, taxes and spending are permanently linked as two sides of the same coin.
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Congress Passes Much-Needed TSCA Reform
For going on a decade or so now, the federal government has been paralyzed by partisan gridlock to a degree that some have described as being “unprecedentedly dysfunctional.” Others have…
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Is Memory Manipulation a Threat to Your State’s Legal System?
Dr. Julia Shaw may be able to convince you that you committed a crime you never committed, at least she did with 70 percent of participants in her study published last year.
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Growth in the Desert
By abandoning the tax-and-spend playbook and prioritizing sound budgeting, state officials and legislators continue to help Arizona separate itself from economically overburdened states like Illinois, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.