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EFF Aappeals Ruling in Underage Voter Registration Lawsuit
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Posted on November 20, 2009

Washington state election officials have been accepting voter registration applications from teens who won't be 18 by the next election. Thousands of underage applications have been received in the last few years; records show 108 of these individuals unlawfully voted 127 ballots over an eight-year period. Yet, a County Superior Court judge has ruled: The state's registration practices don't violate federal standards. EFF has filed an appeal.

$6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to 440 Phantom Districts
Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
Posted on November 17, 2009

New Mexico Watchdog broke the story Monday: $26 million in Obama stimulus money had been distributed to 13 congressional districts - but New Mexico only has three districts. The Franklin Center distributed the story to investigative reporters dotted across the country at state think tanks; they discovered numerous similar Obama stimulus falsehoods where they live. Drudge Report, ABC News and many others have since picked up the story.

The Economics of Climate Change Proposals in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
By David G. Tuerck, Paul Bachman, Sarah Glassman, Michael Head
Posted on November 16, 2009

The Wisconsin governor's Task Force on Global Warming failed to measure the negative economic impacts of its proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If implemented, over the next 11 years the task force recommendations would result in the loss of at least 49,000 jobs in Wisconsin, and residents' disposable income would drop by at least $9.7 billion. The already hard-hit paper manufacturing industry would shed some 5,400 jobs by 2020.

Unleashing Capitalism
South Carolina Policy Council
Posted on November 14, 2009

Unleashing Capitalism, "a bold new vision for economic prosperity in South Carolina," is the Policy Council's year-long campaign "to make South Carolina the most free market state in America." Unleashing Capitalism "means lower crime, better schools, healthier people, more accountable government, more jobs, and improved quality of life for all South Carolinians."

Can States Protect Themselves Against Massive Health Care Intrusion?
Alabama Policy Institute
By Michael Ciamarra
Posted on November 13, 2009

During the 2010 session, Alabama State Rep. Mac Gipson will introduce in the Legislature the Alabama Care Freedom Act constitutional amendment that will protect the rights of patients to make their own health care choices. Further, his measure prohibits penalties levied on patients for declining participation in any big government passed Pelosi/Obama health care plan.To date, 22 states have introduced similar initiatives.

Do-It-Yourself Democracy App Wins Innovation Award
Prometheus Institute
Posted on November 11, 2009

Do-It-Yourself Democracy, Prometheus Institute's iPhone Application, won 2nd Place in the USC Stevens Innovators Showcase at the Univ. of Southern California. DIY Democracy automatically finds a user's location and connects him with local, state and federal contacts, helping users to report local potholes, protest statewide taxes and more. Further, it includes city budget information and plain-language overviews of one's constitutional rights.

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Posted on November 9, 2009

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation is a public-interest law firm that advances individual freedom and the rule of law in Michigan through strategic litigation and education of the public. MCLF's first case was filed against the Michigan Department of Human Services on behalf of two home-based day-care owners who object to being forced into a union that MCLF's director says was illegally formed.

Arizona Supreme Court: State School Choice Program Is Constitutional
Alliance for School Choice
Posted on November 6, 2009

Arizona's Corporate School Tuition Organization Tax Credit Program is constitutional, the Arizona Supreme Court indicated in a late October decision. The Court's denied a request to hear an appeal of the March 2009 decision in Green v Garriott - a decision that upheld the program's constitutionality. The scholarship tax credit program provides increased educational opportunities to 1,947 disadvantaged children throughout the Grand Canyon State.

Union Wins at Taxpayers' Expense in Maryland
Maryland Public Policy Institute
By Marta Mossburg
Posted on October 30, 2009

Maryland's governor has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the SEIU Local 500. Family child-care providers who participate in the state's subsidy program can expect the bad to begin. They'll likely be forced to join SEIU. Then, as the agreement dictates, the state must deduct union dues from payments to providers the union says are members. Thus, one-person providers could be subject to rules about how to take care of their own child.

Radicals for Capitalism: Reason celebrates freedom and the ideas of Ayn Rand
Reason Foundation
Posted on October 28, 2009

Reason.tv features Ayn Rand on its Radicals for Capitalism series. Premiering Nov. 2-5 and 9-12, the featured shows include interviews and discussions with Atlasphere creator Josh Zader; Reason founder Manny Klausner; Barbara Branden, author, The Passion of Ayn Rand; and others. Click here for more details.

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