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State lawmakers considering a bill to make health care less affordable
Making it difficult or unlikely that health care workers get paid for their services does not make health care more affordable in our state. It shifts some people’s costs onto others, and it treats providers unfairly.Medical…
Assessing Tax Trends in the City of San Antonio
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in the city of San Antonio? And, if so, have local decision-makers actively helped or hurt the situation? To help answer these questions, let’s review the city’s 2024…
Setting the record straight on schools of choice – Mackinac Center
Proposed legislation would expand Michigan’s Schools of Choice law to K-12 students statewide. Opposition from one of the state’s wealthiest districts threatens to block it, which would prevent some of the state’s neediest…
Education choice principles Utah should not forget
Education choice principles Utah should not forget Written by Utah legislators in the current session should remember how the state became a leader in education choice: by focusing on giving parents real options. Education…
SB 5838 would add tribal members to the State Board of Natural Resources, decoupling accountability from stewardship of state lands
Key Findings1. Legislators and the Board of Natural Resources should continue to welcome input from tribes and others who are not represented on the board, but should not add new members.2. Senate Bill 5838 would add two…
Advancing Economic Liberty and Accountability In Nebraska
The growing volume and complexity of government regulation at the state and local levels threaten economic freedom, entrepreneurial innovation, and democratic accountability. State regulations, often issued by unelected…
Mamdani Gets an Important Tax Fact Wrong
At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a two-percentage-point hike in the city’s income tax on people making over $1 million.…
Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Housing Reform Bills – Mackinac Center
LANSING, Mich. — Lawmakers today unveiled a broad housing reform package that makes it legal to build more types of housing in more areas, gets rid of absurd and unnecessary regulations and speeds up the approval process for…
Beware of Sales Tax Proposals That Grow Government
"The only way Montana should ever enact a statewide sales tax is to be used solely to replace existing taxes. No sales tax unless our property or income taxes are eliminated. No using sales tax revenues to grow…
We Can’t Afford to Trim Your Trees, but We Can Hire Lobbyists
Last month, one of the worst ice storms on record wreaked havoc across parts of Tennessee. Nashvillians got hit particularly hard, not so much with more ice, but by the dereliction of its utility provider. Nashville Electric…
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