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Bill of Rights Institute
Posted on July 4, 2008
The mission of the Bill of Rights Institute is to educate young people about the words and ideas of America's Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society.

The Burden of [Iowa] Government
Public Interest Institute
By Amy K. Frantz
Posted on July 2, 2008

The state government of Iowa, its 99 counties and more than 900 cities spent just over $17.5 billion collectively in Fiscal Year 2007. That equals $5,879 per resident. To help determine whether the government services received are worth the burden shouldered, Iowa must join the revenue and expenditure transparency movement.

Another One Bites the Dust
Reason Foundation
By Leonard Gilroy
Posted on June 30, 2008
Another toll-road myth - that governments can access cheaper infrastructure financing than the private sector - has been demolished. Private sector infrastructure developers have the ability to tap into Federal tax-exempt vehicles like Private Activity Bonds (tax-exempt bonds available for private sector infrastructure investment) and TIFIA loans (low-interest Federal loans), which can drive down borrowing costs significantly.

Take a Tip from Georgia on Health Care
Rio Grande Foundation
By Paul Gessing
Posted on June 27, 2008
Georgia's Legislature has passed and the governor has signed innovative health care legislation. Specifically, the new law makes high-deductible health plans paired with Health Savings Accounts more affordable for Georgians. HDHP's are health insurance plans that offer consumers lower premiums and higher deductibles than a traditional health plan. HSAs are accounts that consumers set up to set aside tax-free money for future health expenses.

Greenhouse Gas Accord Will Further Damage Michigan’s Economy
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
By Russ Harding
Posted on June 26, 2008
A carbon dioxide cap-and-trade regime contained in the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Accord would drive up state government spending, increase energy prices and result in the loss of Michigan jobs, without producing much in the way of environmental benefits.

Environmental Policy Conference
Washington Policy Center
Posted on June 25, 2008

WPC's July 15 Environmental Policy Conference and Annual Luncheon offers keynote speaker Bjørn Lomborg, the internationally-known environmentalist and author of the bestselling books The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It. The conference, with panels on Climate Change and "Eco-Fads," will be held in Seattle.

Roadmap to Gridlock:The Failure of Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Planning
Cato Institute
By Randal O'Toole
Posted on June 20, 2008

Federal law requires metropolitan planning organizations, in urban areas of 50,000 or more people, to write long-range transportation plans. They're to revise or update those plans every four to five years. In a review of more than 75 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, virtually all of them fail to follow standard planning methods. Ideally, the federal government shouldn't fund local transportation or dictate local transportation policies.

Arizona's Struggle for Sovereignty: The Consequences of Federal Mandates
The Consequences of Federal Mandates
Goldwater Institute
By Benjamin Barr
Posted on June 18, 2008
Arizona is awash in federal money. The downside: Most such funds require matching monies, which lessen local control: In 2008, the Arizona Legislature "has appropriation authority over only 25 percent of state spending." Beyond money, there's the cost of an increasing imbalance of power between D.C. and the states.

Eminent Domain: The American Dream on Sale
Moving Picture Institute
By Michael Galinsky
Posted on June 17, 2008

On Wed., June 18, hosted by the New York Library, MPI fellow Michael Galinsky moderates a panel, Eminent Domain: The American Dream on Sale. Galinsky will guide the discussion on NYC's past, present and future. He will introduce and show the trailer for The Battle of Brooklyn, his forthcoming documentary about eminent domain abuse and the developer-driven Atlantic Yards project.

The Coming Showdown with Public Labor
Yankee Institute for Public Policy
By Lewis M. Andrews, Ph.D.
Posted on June 13, 2008
The cost of government is soaring. However, streamlining can bring expenses in line with revenues. In 1984, the report cites, New Zealand initiated privatization of national and regional services to forestall national bankruptcy. Workers in transportation were reduced from 5,600 to 53; in forest services 17,000 to 17; and in the national Ministry of Works from 28,000 to 1 - all with no loss of service or safety to the public.

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