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Kyle Cheney of the State House News Service has been following the discussions on the federal waiver related to the state’s health care reform act (HCRA) and Medicaid programs. (If you do not have a SHNS subscription, get a free one-week trial here because they do great work.) Kyle [...]
The controversial plan to institute contractor licensing has slowed down in Saint Joseph. There is a very solid article about the dispute here in the News-Press. Unfortunately, while the vote has been delayed as a result of various controversies, it seems unlikely that the proposal will be defeated wholesale. [...]
With all the current talk of collectivism and government meddling in our economy and personal lives, I return to the thinking and words of some of our great defenders of individual freedom for solace.
Community activists and other social planners reject individual freedom and impose their will on us through [...]
Today the State Auditor’s released its Performance Audit Report of the administrative and overhead operations of the 10 largest school districts in Washington State, identifying $54 million in potential savings over five years if these districts implement the suggested improvements.
Washington's voters approved Initiative 900 in November 2005, which gave [...]
The State Auditor's Office today released a performance audit of the state's 10 largest school districts' administrative practices. According to SAO:
"If our recommendations for improved economy and efficiency are followed, school districts could achieve cost savings exceeding $54 million over five years. Of the 13 audit areas we identified, not [...]
"I know, my friends, that you are concerned about corporate [...]
By a margin of 55 percent to 31 percent, Americans say it’s not the government’s responsibility to bail out private companies with taxpayer dollars, even if their collapse could damage the economy, according to the latest Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll.
Nearly eight out of [...]
Without a doubt, there is great hysteria and fear being generated about the Wall Street situation and potential fallout. Opinions abound and there are literally hundreds of national voices decrying it, seeking blame, making prognostications and claiming answers. Truth is, we have not faced such a crisis [...]
Word is, there are a number of pigs flying into an icy dome that has formed on the outskirts of hell. The Denver Post came out in favor of Amendment 49 in an editorial yesterday and I couldn’t be happier. And much like the Rocky endorsement, the Post [...]
Philadelphia Magazine recently published a behind-the-scenes look at why "Philadelphia Wireless" failed to take off like its early proponents claimed it would. I've posted plenty about the perils of muni wi-fi -- city-wide and city-run wireless internet networks -- and referenced several [...]
The federal 287(g) program figures into the state Senate race between Alamance County Democratic incumbent Tony Foriest and Republican challenger Rick Gunn.
The state Democratic Party is weighing in against a Gunn TV ad portraying Foriest as voting against bills fighting illegal immigration, most notably the bill that allows North [...]
Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee obtained some underground video of America’s newest cult in the act of indoctrinating its young.
It has all the earmarks of a cult indoctrination session: vacant-eyed, smiling kids; vaguely threatening adults pushing them to chant their ritual incantations; sacred seals, emblems and posters surrounding them [...]
Congressman Ron Paul is one of the few elected officials nationwide who seems to actually understand the causes of the current financial crisis and the potential negative effects associated with the $700 billion bailout that was defeated in the House of Representatives yesterday. Check out the short [...]
I learned something about our beloved state in a golf trip to Ireland, from which I just returned. On two occasions there, when somebody heard we were from Missouri, they gave an instant response of, “Oh, yeah, Josey Wales.” Apparently, the most famous thing about Missouri in Ireland — and, [...]
