Education Facilities
Introduction The North Carolina State Constitution requires the General Assembly to provide funding for “a general and uniform system of free public schools,” but it also allows the legislature to delegate additional…
Education and the Workforce
Introduction Do North Carolinians need four-year degrees to be successful? According to projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the North Carolina Department of Commerce, employment opportunities may be…
Charter Schools
Introduction The Charter School movement began with the passage of North Carolina’s charter school law, House Bill 955, NC Session Law 1995-731. Charter schools were set up for teachers, parents and pupils to establish…
Joni Ernst Delivers Demand For USPS To Explain Why They Can’t Account For Space In 21,000 Buildings
Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst demanded that the United States Postal Service (USPS) account for its building usage in a letter sent Friday.The USPS has lost more than $18 billion over the last two fiscal years using…
Judge Who Helped Illegal Escape From ICE Convicted Of Felony Obstruction
A federal jury Thursday convicted a Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant briefly evade capture by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.The jury’s verdict came after a four-day trial, in…
Elise Stefanik Suddenly Ends Campaign For New York Governor
Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik abruptly suspended her campaign Friday afternoon to unseat Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.Stefanik said she came to a decision to drop out of the race after spending time with…
TPPF’s 2025 Year in Litigation
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future had a busy and successful year defending the Constitution. Below is a list of key victories, along with some new cases that launched in the last 12 months.…
Solving Washington’s Deficit Without Tax Increases
While the majority party insists state government is facing revenue shortfalls, the data show we have simply built a bureaucracy designed to grow faster than taxpayers' ability to pay for it. House Republicans’ have…
New bills would fix corporate welfare problems – Mackinac Center
While lawmakers have ended the worst excesses of Michigan’s business subsidy programs, they are still likely to continue taking money from taxpayers and giving it to select businesses. A bipartisan group of Michigan House…
The Subsidy Scheme – Texas Public Policy Foundation
The House just took an important step toward restoring sanity to America’s health care system by voting to support the Republican health care plan. While critics will reflexively attack the vote, the reality is that the right…
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