Dr. Keith Smith's free-market medical practice in Oklahoma in driving down the cost of patients' bills. It serves as a great example of how choice, freedom and transparency works in the medical system.

Alan Sanchez and his family are part of the Medicaid Cure—an innovative Medicaid reform initiative in Florida. Thanks to the Medicaid Cure, Alan has a team of specialists devoted to making him healthy. Watch Alan's story on YouTube.

Beacon Center of Tennessee tells the stories of students who will be empowered through opportunity scholarships. It is time for Tennessee to rise to the occasion and provide meaningful education options for all Tennessee families.

Over the coming weeks, Gov. Bill Haslam and the legislature will begin debating whether to expand TennCare, the state’s Medicaid program. The Beacon Center has published a new “PoliGraphic,” a policy infographic that explains why a Medicaid expansion is both unaffordable and immoral. Click here to view the entire PoliGraphic.

Members of the PA House of Representatives made a historic vote on March 21 by passing HB 790, a vote to end the state government's Prohibition-era liquor system in Pennsylvania. Ending the state-run monopoly will unleash millions of dollars in new business investment, create new jobs across the state and allow more wine shops and liquor stores to open.

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council announced its annual Openness (Opee) awards. These awards are given to advocacy groups on both sides of the political spectrum and highlight open government in Wisconsin.

The MacIver Institute received the Citizen Openness Award for 2012-2013 because of their work to get information out to the public.

Illinois is in crisis. According to official government numbers, Illinois has an unfunded pension liability of $96 billion – the worst in the nation. This heavy debt burden, combined with the state’s culture of out-of-control, wasteful spending, has driven the state into an economic death spiral.

The ban on high-cost lending leaves poor consumers worse off, with fewer choices. North Carolina policymakers should expand lending options in this state by legalizing small-scale, short-term and payday lending again.

This fact sheet outlines salient features of the state’s Medicaid program as it now stands, and is made available to elected officials and the public as a resource to facilitate discussion about viable, long-term solutions to help save Texas Medicaid.

Yankee Institute found that more than 1,200 state employees earned over $150,000 last year, making each of them better paid than Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy.