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Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Pfc. Ronald Leroy Coker
During conflict, the last thing many selfless warriors have done is shield their comrades from grenade explosions using their own bodies. Marine Corps Pfc. Ronald Leroy Coker was one of them, but amazingly, that didn’t stop…
California’s $20 fast food minimum wage creates less jobs and lower income – Washington lawmakers foolishly still think it will work here
California’s experiment with a $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is delivering exactly the outcomes we at the Washington Policy Center (WPC) predicted nearly three years ago.A new University of California, Santa…
It’s Time to Rethink New York’s Climate Act
On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul finally started tiptoeing toward reality on New York’s climate law. In a lengthy opinion column, she laid out her proposal to postpone by a decade the state’s stringent greenhouse-gas emissions…
Supreme Court Turns Away Mother’s Free Speech Appeal – Mackinac Center
MIDLAND, Mich. — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Michigan mother who was bullied by her local school district for speaking at a public board hearing. Hernden v. Chippewa Valley Schools challenged a…
The Legislature Has Committed $2.4 Billion to Recurring Pension Increases since 2018
The legislature has granted Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) Plan 1 and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Plan 1 retirees a “one-time” cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) six times in the past eight years. Combined, these…
Study: K-12 Grade Inflation Making American Kids Dumber, Costing Them Millions
When teachers inflate grades — giving higher marks than students’ actual performance warrants — the effects ripple far beyond the classroom. Increasingly widespread high school grade inflation can cost students more than…
SeeThroughNY updated with latest union contracts
New York’s most comprehensive online database of state and local government union contracts has been updated with the latest collective bargaining agreements for local teachers, police, firefighters, libraries, and public…
Five Retired New York Educators Collect Over $300k In Pensions
The average state pension benefit for newly retired educators with at least 30 years of service was $78,097 in 2024-25, according to data released recently by SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s government transparency website.…
Washington state lawmakers are getting it right on hiring qualifications
“It’s not often that we come before you asking you all to limit our agency’s ability to do something, but here we are,” said a director for Washington state’s Office of Financial Management (OFM), Sheri Sawyer. The agency is…
State is rightly emphasizing experience and skills, not degrees
“It’s not often that we come before you asking you all to limit our agency’s ability to do something, but here we are,” said a director for Washington state’s Office of Financial Management (OFM), Sheri Sawyer. The agency is…
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