Members
Membership in State Policy Network is voluntary and by invitation-only. SPN's mission is to provide its members with capacity-building services. SPN neither directs nor manages its members' programs or activities. SPN members pride themselves on their independence and relevancy to their respective states and/or areas of public policy research.
Click here for information about the benefits of joining SPN
Alabama Passes Tax Credit Scholarships

Alabama Policy Institute

Posted on March 4, 2013
Public school choice can throw wide the doors of opportunity for thousands of Alabama’s children who do not learn best by sitting in a classroom for seven hours a day, for the students who crave a challenge, and for the parents of kids stuck in failing schools who desperately want to provide a better life for their daughters and sons.
On February 28, 2013, the Alabama State Legislature passed The Alabama Accountability Act, which established a tax credit scholarship program for Alabama.
Action Plan for Arkansas 2013

Advance Arkansas Institute

Posted on December 17, 2012
A detailed list of policy recommendations for the Arkansas 2013 session that will move the state toward lower taxes, free markets, limited government, and more personal freedom.
Michigan Becomes 24th Right-to-Work State in the Nation

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Posted on December 17, 2012
“The Mackinac Center has said right-to-work was right for Michigan for more than 20 years,” President Joseph G. Lehman said. “This victory that workers celebrate today shows the power an idea can have when it is pursued with principle and persistence.”
2012 Illinois Piglet Book

Illinois Policy Institute

Posted on December 17, 2012
The Illinois Policy Institute’s previous Illinois Piglet reports highlighted wasteful spending at the state level. The 2012 Illinois Piglet Book continues that focus but also places an emphasis on spending occurring at the local level in Illinois. This allows Illinoisans to see the waste that’s happening in their own communities.
Consumer Driven Health Care

Pioneer Institute

Posted on December 17, 2012
As part of a push to contain health care cost growth, business leaders, state administrators, and policymakers should focus on Consumer Driven Health Care (CDHC) plans that involve consumers in making health care decisions.This is the first in a series of reports by Pioneer’s Center for Health Care Solutions aimed at improving patient-centered approaches to limiting health care costs in Massachusetts.
Why Repeal? The Affordable Care Act's Costs to Pennsylvanians

Commonwealth Foundation

Posted on December 14, 2012
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—or “Obamacare”— will take more than$500 billion from American taxpayers by 2022, raise costs to state governments and increase the cost of private health insurance. Here’s a look at the numbers for Pennsylvania taxpayers.
A Freedom Agenda for 2013

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs

Posted on December 4, 2012
As the Oklahoma governor and state lawmakers look to do something great in 2013, here are a half-dozen ideas to consider.
EPA's Pretense of Science: Regulating Phantom Risks

Texas Public Policy Foundation

Posted on May 25, 2012
The Clean Air Act under which the EPA conducts risk assessment and sets national standards needs to stipulate minimal criteria for scientific risk assessment of health effects, sufficiently robust to guide decisions on air quality standards.
Illinois Policy Institute finds that education pension spending favors wealthy, suburban schools

Illinois Policy Institute

Posted on May 7, 2012
State education funding is designed to ensure a base amount of money is available to every student in Illinois. To that end, the state strives to send more money to poor districts and less money to districts with a healthy property tax base. But a bird’s eye view of Illinois education spending reveals that the state’s intention of sending dollars to poorer districts is blunted by the state’s obligation to pay local teachers’ pensions.
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota Uncovers Funding to Stop the Keystone Pipeline

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

Posted on April 10, 2012
On Monday, the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota released an Accountability Alert that showed three Minnesota environmental non-profit advocacy groups received nearly half a million dollars in out-of-state funding to oppose the Keystone oil pipeline project. The funding, provided by a well-known liberal California foundation, is surprising, since Keystone’s proposed route does not include Minnesota.
 |
| Total Records: 896 |
|
 |
Top