June 3, 2022
Week in Review: June 3, 2022
The Price Hike Blues: Americans Respond To Inflation
Forgiving Student Loan Debt: Who Wins and Who Loses?
The Badger Institute considers the implications of forgiving student loan debt.
The Foundation for Government Accountability argues states must stand guard against outside influence in elections.
Michigan’s Road Forward: Replacing the Fuel Tax with Mileage-Based User Fees
Michigan’s road funding system would be improved if policymakers start piloting a transition to a new user fee system, according to a study released by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and Reason Foundation.
Drain the Swamp? The Administrative State in Mississippi
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy released a report that assesses the true size and scale of the administrative state in Mississippi.
Alabama Charter Schools: A Slow Roll-Out
Alabama Policy Institute
Alaska’s Public Education Revenues, Expenditures, and Outcomes
Alaska Policy Forum
COVID Relief Funding: Are Alaska’s School Districts Spending Responsibly?
Alaska Policy Forum
Kentucky’s Embarrassing Public School Social Studies Standards Get Even More Embarrassing
Bluegrass Institute
Why both ‘Choice’ and Charter Schools Really Matter in Delaware
Caesar Rodney Institute
The Unraveling Of Education In America
California Policy Center
Portland Public Schools Needs a Plan for Declining Enrollment
Cascade Policy Institute
Longer Public Schools Closed For Pandemic, More Students They Lost
Illinois Policy Institute
Parental Rights Legislation: What do North Carolinians Think?
John Locke Foundation
Thanks to Lockdowns, Some Students Are Over a Year Behind in Math
John Locke Foundation
What’s Really Unfair About School Funding?
Mackinac Center
Standards Decline: Can They Be Brought Back?
Thomas Jefferson Institute
Disgraced Illinois Lawmaker Collected $129K Pension While Awaiting Prison Sentence
Illinois Policy Institute
New York’s Medicaid Costs Are Soaring At Double-Digit Rates
Empire Center
As The Session Winds Down, Watch For Health Costs To Go Up
Empire Center
Healthcare Reform Obstacles
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
It’s Time for a Great Reformation in Health Care Spending
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Legislators Discuss Long-Term Care, Predict More Changes To Law
Washington Policy Center
How To Increase Housing And Ease Homelessness In Hawaii
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Granite Staters Say They Want More Housing In Their Communities
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
3 Building Blocks For More Housing In Nebraska
Platte Institute
Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
Show-Me Institute
Less Government Mandates Will Mean More Affordable Rents And Mortgages
Washington Policy Center
Big Price, Smaller Opportunities
Badger Institute
Minnesota Gas Prices Are At Record Highs. Thanks, Biden
Center of the American Experiment
Illinois Gas Prices Surpass $5 A Gallon
Illinois Policy Institute
Illinoisans See $2,200 Pay Cut Thanks To Inflation
Illinois Policy Institute
High Illinois Gas Taxes Drive Residents Across State Line
Illinois Policy Institute
Inflation by State: Where Does NC Rank?
John Locke Foundation
Stitt Announces Vetoes, Calls For ‘Real Inflation Relief’
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Beating Back Inflation: Team Reagan vs. Team Biden
Pacific Research Institute
Here’s Why Gas Prices Could Skyrocket Again
Pacific Research Institute
Even California Democrats Are Considering How To Give Money Back To The People
Alabama Policy Institute
Fleeing Nashville: Nashville’s Population Exodus
Beacon Center of Tennessee
New Census Estimates Illustrate NY’s Post-Pandemic Population Patchwork
Empire Center
Illinois’ State Policy Choices Boost Threat From Potential U.S. Recession
Illinois Policy Institute
IRS Data Confirms Illinois Is Losing Residents, Wealth Flight At Record Pace
Illinois Policy Institute
What Drives Citizens to Move?
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Continues to Decline
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
Worker Shortage: More Than Two Job Openings Per Job Seeker
John Locke Foundation
Occupational Licensing State of Affairs May 2022
Libertas Institute
Elon Musk is Right – California is Now the Land of Taxes, Overregulation and Litigation
Pacific Research Institute
As Predicted, The Hazard Pay In Seattle Has Slowed Economic Recovery After COVID
Washington Policy Center
Getting To The Meat Of ARPA Spending
Badger Institute
Wisconsin Losing Ground to Tax-Reforming Peers
Badger Institute
A Surplus Of Nonsense In The Governor’s Latest Budget
California Policy Center
April Tax Collections Beat Forecast By $1.15 Billion
Center of the American Experiment
States Inaugurate A Flat Tax Revolution
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
Kansas Income Taxes $232 Million Over May Estimates
Kansas Policy Institute
There’s Room for a Tax Cut Compromise in Michigan
Mackinac Center
Connecticut Has One of the Highest Tax Burdens (Again)
Yankee Institute
Internal Union Elections Lack Oversight
Americans for Fair Treatment
PA Decides: A Leader For The People Or The Unions
Americans for Fair Treatment
Bargaining For Unemployment
Americans for Fair Treatment
New PAC Gets Union Support
Americans for Fair Treatment
Educators Can Opt Out of Teachers Unions Starting July 1
Nevada Policy Research Institute
Workers Shouldn’t Be Forced To Fund Union Politics
Washington Policy Center
What to expect from four more years of Ivey
Alabama Policy Institute
The Importance of Donor Free Speech
Alaska Policy Forum
In Albany This Week, First Do No Harm
Empire Center
What Went Down At The 2022 Hawaii Legislature
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Civic Involvement Is Key To Saving Hawaii
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Legislators Push Student Loan Forgiveness For One Industry
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
Student Loan Forgiveness Would Take From ‘Working Poor’ Give To ‘Bookish Rich’
The Buckeye Institute in The Columbus Dispatch
Nursing Shortage Can Be Fixed By Speeding Up The Licensing Process
Commonwealth Foundation in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Inflation’s Cause? It’s The Spending, Stupid.
Commonwealth Foundation in The Patriot-News
It’s Not Just Spending — Biden’s Record Regulations Are Driving Inflation Too
Foundation for Government Accountability in The New York Post
The Pandemic Broke Welfare. Here’s How States Can Fix It
Foundation for Government Accountability in The Hill
Government Unions Divert Dues To Leftist Politics
Freedom Foundation at Fox News Online
Lifting the Rock on Labor Union Corruption
Freedom Foundation at RedState
America’s Labor Force Problem Goes Beyond Economics
Georgia Center for Opportunity at RealClearPolicy
Only Legislatures Can Rein-In Congress
John Locke Foundation in The Mountaineer
Michigan Case Zeroes In On The Legal Realities Of Unionization
Mackinac Center in The Hill
Why Electricity Blackouts Are Coming to Michigan
Mackinac Center in The Wall Street Journal
Veterans Are Warriors, Not Victims
Mississippi Center for Public Policy in the Clarion Ledger
How to Cut Crime in the Murder Capital of America
Mississippi Center for Public Policy at RealClearPolicy
Sanders’ Newest Medicare Pitch Reaches New Dishonesty Highs
Pacific Research Institute in Newsmax
Lowering The Medicare Eligibility Age Would Be An Expensive Mistake
Pacific Research Institute in the Washington Examiner
Are Electric-Vehicle Mandates Coming to Your State?
Rio Grande Foundation in National Review
Missourians Deserve More Than State Legislators Delivered
Show-Me Institute in the Columbia Tribune
Why I Left My Pennsylvania Home for the Lone Star State
State Policy Network’s Jon Reich in The Cannon Online
Green Activists Dismiss Science In Favor Of Political Dogma On Salmon And Climate
Washington Policy Center in the Wenatchee World
The Progressive Pronoun Police Come for Middle Schoolers
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty in The Wall Street Journal
The Lasting Damage of School Closures
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty in Chalkboard Review
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