January 7, 2022
Week in Review: January 7, 2022
In Ohio, opponents of school choice have filed a sham lawsuit in an attempt to deny parents the freedom to find the best educational option for their children. The Buckeye Institute, and other school choice advocates, are working together to oppose this latest attempt to deny freedom of school choice to Ohio’s families.
The Buckeye Institute filed its reply brief in the Supreme Court of the United States outlining why an emergency stay is urgently needed in Buckeye’s OSHA vaccine mandate case—Phillips v. OSHA. Oral arguments before the US Supreme Court on the question of an emergency stay of the vaccine mandate are set for Friday, January 7.
The Caesar Rodney Instituteencouraged Delaware legislators to join Virginia in pulling out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program or suffer the consequences of possible job losses, losses in state and local revenues, higher electric rates, and lower power reliability for Delaware.
A new initiative from the Goldwater Institute offers states a model to defeat racially discriminatory programming and practices in public schools.
The John Locke Foundation released a video that details the many victories of its newly formed organization just one year in.
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy released a Legislative Tracker that allows users to see what bills are being discussed and moved through the Mississippi Legislature.
The Pelican Institute for Public Policy announced that Erin Bendily has assumed the role as Vice President for Policy and Strategy. She will spearhead the Institute’s research and policy strategy as well as drive a transformational education reform agenda to ensure every kid has the opportunity to attend a school that best fits his or her needs.
In Ohio, House Bill 122, expanding access to telehealth services, was signed into law. This Buckeye Institute-championed policy modernizes Ohio’s telehealth rules and will make it easier for Ohioans to access medical services and get the care they need.
After immense pressure and relentless, dogged investigative journalism by the John Locke Foundation’s Carolina Journal, an amicus brief co-filed by Locke, and a specially branded podcast miniseries called Extreme Injustice, the scheme to forcibly remove two Republican NC Supreme Court justices has finally been called off.
Linda Combs, North Carolina’s Treasury Controller, has rightfully sought legal redress to bar Governor Cooper’s violation of the separation of powers in the years’ long Leandro case, which the John Locke Foundation has written and spoken about extensively. Amy Cooke, Locke CEO, explains exactly what happened in her latest Locke’d and Loaded video.
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy highlighted how the New Hampshire Legislature is considering a bill that would empower voters to create Education Freedom Accounts at the school district level.
For a year and a half, the University of Michigan has refused to release information it provided to the Whitmer administration that contributed to Michigan’s strict COVID-19 lockdown orders. In the latest victory for transparency and the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, the Michigan Court of Claims ordered that the University of Michigan release previously redacted documents in full.
The Buckeye Institute Releases Economic Freedom of North America 2021 Report
For another year, Ohio ranked an unimpressive 35th out of all 50 states in the Economic Freedom of North America 2021 report, released by The Buckeye Institute in partnership with Canada’s Fraser Institute.
Florida’s Entrepreneurship Agenda: A Roadmap To Removing Barriers To Work
A new report from the Foundation for Government Accountability explains how Florida’s entrepreneurship agenda provides a roadmap for other states that want to jumpstart business creation.
Rating the States on Telehealth Best Practices: A Toolkit for a Pro-Patient and Provider Landscape
A new report from Reason Foundation, Cicero Institute and Pioneer Institute rates every state’s telehealth policy for patient access and ease of providing virtual care.
The 2022 Freedom Agenda
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy released 12 reforms that will lift up Mississippi, safeguard liberty, and promote limited government. Ultimately, these policies would also make Mississippi more prosperous and a happier place to live, work, and raise a family.
A judicial tool, no crystal ball
Badger Institute
Portland’s YOYO Approach to Solving Crime
Cascade Policy Institute
If You Care About Attacking Poverty, Then Care About Attacking Crime
John Locke Foundation
Parent Involvement and Intensive Training: How to Help Struggling Readers
Alaska Policy Forum
When will school closures end? Not until we empower parents.
Beacon Center of Tennessee
Reading proficiency rates rising in some Eastern Kentucky schools
Bluegrass Institute
Latest Attempt to Deny Ohio Families Freedom of School Choice is ‘Wasteful’
The Buckeye Center
WV Should Create a Refundable Education Tax Credit
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Teachers’ Union Celebrates Education Bill Being Killed That Would Have Put Students First
Center of the American Experiment
Survey says: Majority of educators believe parents should be involved in curriculum choices
Center of the American Experiment
The legislature doesn’t need to mandate homeschool curriculum
Empower Mississippi
Becoming America’s ‘Education Destination’ – How Universal Scholarships Can Brighten Florida’s Future
The James Madison Institute
Making Florida the new ‘promised land’ for education-minded families
The James Madison Institute
Third-Party Organizations Have an Undue Influence on Mississippi Education
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
We can share this country: School choice in a divided America
Oklahoma Council on Public Affairs
Think We Can’t Handle the Truth? Think Again
Show-Me Institute
2022 brings opportunity to renew the parent-teacher partnership
Sutherland Institute
Governor Evers Can Do More to Alleviate School Closures
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Can Ranked-Choice Voting Work for Conservatives?
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Zuckerbucks Shouldn’t Pay for Elections
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Utah’s successful vote-by-mail program
Sutherland Institute
Imagine Delaware with no in-state electric power generation
Caesar Rodney Institute
Energy costs increased faster than other commodities in 2021
Center of the American Experiment
Healthier Forests Mean a Healthier Planet
Frontier Institute
KYTC awarded $208 million in single-bid contracts (exceeding their engineer’s estimates) in 2021
Bluegrass Institute
Civil Asset Forfeiture in West Virginia
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Civil Asset Forfeiture Hurts Innocent Louisiana
Pelican Institute for Public Policy
Policy Corner: Lamont’s Surprise Rebates: A Big Gimmick – And a Bigger Overreach
Yankee Institute
Challenging North Carolina’s Pernicious and Unconstitutional Certificate of Need Law
John Locke Foundation
Telehealth is the New Normal
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Delay legislation on long-term-care law has hearings scheduled for next week
Washington Policy Center
Inflation: Then and Now
John Locke Foundation
Let’s Make West Virginia More Competitive!
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Empire Center Previews State of the State: People are Leaving
Empire Center for Public Policy
Hochul’s new old “middle class tax cuts” agenda
Empire Center for Public Policy
Hochul can still save the state from a new law certain to drive developers away
Empire Center for Public Policy
Mississippi’s regulations lead to fewer jobs, more poverty
Empower Mississippi
Montana Poised for Red Tape Relief in 2022
Frontier Institute
Excessive Red Tape Hurts the Least Fortunate
Frontier Institute
What Drives Outmigration? Trenton’s Policies Have Consequences
Garden State Initiative
Illinois Sees Among Worst Spending Drops Early In COVID-19 Pandemic
Illinois Policy Institute
For Economic Recovery, State Should Try Economic Freedom
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
New Technology Expands Employment
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Highest Holiday Fuel Prices In Nearly Ten Years
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
California Continued to Shrink in 2021
Pacific Research Institute
Census numbers show Nebraska’s pandemic population change
Platte Institute
How Blueprint Nebraska will grow the economy
Platte Institute
New teachers’ pension policy championed by BIPPS takes effect
Bluegrass Institute
Spending the budget surplus on childcare is a bad idea
Center of the American Experiment
Future Bright for 2022 Tax Reform
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
Iowa can transform income tax without eliminating it
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
What Changes Can North Carolina Taxpayers Expect in 2022?
John Locke Foundation
High Tax Revenue Continues into December 2021
Kansas Policy Institute
Opinion: Prop. 12 Limits Californians From ‘Bringing Home the Bacon’
Pacific Research Institute
Grant County latest to ban income tax as bill filed in legislature to allow graduated local income taxes
Washington Policy Center
Empire Center Previews State of the State: People are Leaving
Empire Center for Public Policy
What Drives Outmigration? Trenton’s Policies Have Consequences
Garden State Initiative
Illinois Loses More People Faster To Other States During COVID-19 Pandemic
Illinois Policy Institute
Migration patterns point to conservative governance
Rio Grande Foundation
Americans Moved to Low-Tax States in 2021
Tax Foundation
Let’s Hope for Something New This Year
Cascade Policy Institute
State of the State Reactions: Will This Bring New Yorkers Back?
Empire Center for Public Policy
Mississippi legislature gavels in
Empower Mississippi
Vermont at high risk of gerrymandering
Ethan Allen Institute
A new year should remind us of old truths about government
John Locke Foundation
Hawaii budget needs lifestyle change in 2022
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Make 2022 a Year for Being Fearless
Idaho Freedom Foundation
Chicago’s Speed Cameras Ticket 8x Faster After Limit Drops to 6mph
Illinois Policy Institute
Palmetto Promise Freedom Agenda Advances in 2021
Palmetto Promise Institute
What does 2022 hold for religious freedom?
Sutherland Institute
Fight Over Offshore Wind Brews As Projects Advance
Caesar Rodney Institute in the Delaware Business Times
Gerrymandering Won’t Save Unpopular Candidates
Commonwealth Foundation in the York Daily Record
How Officials Use Tax Dollars In Lobbying Efforts
Commonwealth Foundation in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
How to Break the Vicious Unemployment Circle
Foundation for Government Accountability in The Wall Street Journal
Politicized Department Of Justice Has Forgotten What It Stands For
Foundation for Government Accountability in The Washington Times
Democrats’ Expert Challenges Narrative About ‘Fair’ Election Maps
John Locke Foundation in the Johnston County Report
Teachers Unions’ Intransigence Confounds Their Members; Infuriates Parents
Freedom Foundation at RedState
Children Simply Collateral Damage in Teachers Unions’ War on Parents
Freedom Foundation at RedState
California Teachers Unions Saw Thousands of Public School Employees Opt Out in 2021: Report
Freedom Foundation featured in The Epoch Times
Honesty Leads to Lower Property Taxes
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation and the Kansas Policy Institute in the Quad-City Times
Iowa’s Forgotten Tax: High Regulatory Burden
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation in The Gazette
A Decade Of Reform Since Matthew David Stewart’s Death
Libertas Institute in The Salt Lake Tribune
The COVID-19 Endgame May Be Here
Mackinac Center in The Hill
‘A Travesty Of Transparency’: Confidentiality Agreements Related To $1 Billion Incentive Fund Signed By 13 Michigan Lawmakers
Mackinac Center featured at MLive
Homeschooling Will Boom Long After COVID-19
Pacific Research Institute in The Madison Times
Coastal Credit Schemes are a Paper Tiger for Coastal Restoration
Pelican Institute in The Center Square
Gov’s Attempt To Claim Role Of ‘Tax-Cutter’ Laughable
Rio Grande Foundation in the Las Cruces Sun-News
Yes, the Biden Administration DOES Have a Magic Wand for Energy Prices
Texas Public Policy Foundation at RealClearEnergy
Making Florida the new ‘promised land’ for education-minded families
The James Madison Institute at Florida Politics
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