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03/14/04   Will government online pharmacy links increase drug addiction? Michigan: using asset recovery of middle-class families who milk Medicaid. More on Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma. How to win popular press? Advocate cheap drugs. Mass transit: popular but not useful.
03/07/04   Nebraska governor goes after Big Caffeine. New study affirms that school vouchers are constitutional. Offshoring and seeing gloom everywhere. Illinois Policy: Don't repeat mistakes in health care policy. Missouri: considering TABOR. Kansas: Vouchers don't cost, the save. Cool cities: not a hot idea.
02/29/04   Ohio scholar: Medicaid expansion crowds out private insurance. Oklahoma proposal to raise cigarette taxes to pay for Medicaid: bad for patients, bad for taxpayers. Property rights against downsizing in Arizona. Colorado, S. Carolina consider subsidizing students, not colleges. Guaranteed Issue in Maine. Computers not a great gift to schools.
02/22/04   Thieves among airport baggage screeners. High tax, high service? Minnesota talks (again) about subsidizing billionaire owners of sports teams. Wisconsin joints the list of law-breaking states offering cheap drugs. New study from Texas on improving student achievement.
02/15/04   The Teaching Commission endorses merit pay. States game Medicaid system. TennCare ate Tennessee. Offshoring. Formularies cut Medicaid cost, at least temporarily. HHS: Hospitals can give discounts to cash patients. Beware the Convention Center miracle cure.
02/08/04   Minnesota flouts federal law go distribute cheap meds. Oklahoma group releases the "piglet book." Anthony Downs: to combat traffic congestion, buy a good car stereo. Illinois mortgages its Thompson Center.
02/01/04   Quick review of Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs). How "sick" state budgets got that way. One unrecognized cause of urban blight: zoning. Granholm: religious folk ought to be happy to pay more taxes. Why McDonalds wants you to walk more often. Cross-border tax competition. Subsidize students, not universities.
01/25/04   Toll roads for Minnesota? Michigan cities adapt to fiscal challenges. More loans for science students? TIME for Socialism: Magazine wants government to set drug prices. Blame Congress for HMOs. Golf courses or houses?
01/18/04   Sports-crazed public schools. Can HSAs save health care? In defense of drunken sailors. Vermont Board of Education endorses choice. Drug price controls in California. One-quarter of Colorado high school grads require remedial education. Fat and the taxpayer. Repealing term limits.
01/11/04   How unemployment insurance makes it easier for companies to lay off workers. Proposal for fixing the budget in California--and perhaps other states.
01/04/04   Going paperless: some governments are, some aren't. Charter schools popular in Michigan, Minnesota. Increasing fees to camp in Illinois state parks. The problem with primary seat belt law. Lift a drink to the neon beer sign. Jesus says: Raise my taxes. If schools have too little money, maybe it's because only half of all Illinois tax money for education makes it to the schools. Illinois taxpayers picking up the dime so that top state employees can commute to Chicago by charter plane.
12/28/03   No Child Left Behind Act leaves behind talented and gifted students. Crime responsible for One of three Michigan state workers. Racial data collection--fewer police stops? Is MADD mad?
12/21/03   The party of incumbency is the party of spending and gerrymandering. HHS to Illinois governor: your drug importation plan is a gimmick. Innovation at the DMV (Michigan Secretary of State).
12/14/03   Call for end to term limits in Michigan. HSAs are the silver lining in the cloud of the recent Medicare bill. Tax hikes save jobs--government jobs, that is. Government employee health care costs soar--and mental health programs are cut. Dueling standards for government-run schools. 76-year old woman can't play Christmas music in airport; security concerns cited. And strike "Happy Holidays," make that a "Merry Christmas."
12/07/03   Trial Lawyers, Inc. Death penalty in Minnesota? Computerized gerrymandering. Taxing telephone talk. Courage = raising taxes? Smoking ban turned back. Wisconsin clowns around with tax dollars for a circus museum. The self-defeating cause of conservative term limits. Students are smart enough to manage student loan debt, but not a credit card? Tort reform in Texas brings doctors back. Michigan tax cut delay costs jobs.
11/30/03   College football traditions and the politics of cartoons. Neglected social studies. Self-employed boost recovery. Laboratories of democracy, or of socialism? Breakfast at school: welfare for all. Tiered co-pays for meds. Detroit Public Schools election. Michigan parties shun affirmative action vote. Heartland Institute forum on prescription drugs and reimportation.
11/23/03   Delaying a tax cut in Michigan. Expanding S-CHIP. Ohio tax revolt. Chicago "transgendered" want a room of their own. Chicago fire. Michigan unions make concessions. 401(k) money exceeds balance of traditional pension plans.
11/16/03   Local government retirement costs. Gaming Medicaid in Illinois. Community service or jail. Oklahoma Medicaid gets reprieve--for how long? Ag extention in Michigan to be plucked. Freeing the tax caps in Illinois. More eminent domain abuse courtesy of Wal-Mart. Michigan voters prefer spending cuts to tax increases, says poll. France discovers economics. Pharmaceuticals hostage to trade agreements.
11/09/03   Muslim holiday for schools? Expensive FOIA requests. Captain Zan Hornbuckle and Veterans Day. Should your boss know your medical history? Fundraising in government schools. Test results in Michigan: We're average.
11/02/03   Off-label prescription drug use; Alternative media; Prison lawsuit over; municipal Christmas displays; health insurance woes for small companies; The Onion satarizes America's dependency complex--but for how long? parental access to library records; Governor Granholm: Cut Now; Illinois bed tax; Payment at Time of Service
10/26/03   Sales tax rate rollback in Ohio; Religion, football, and state troopers in Alabama; lousy charter schools; Pharma strikes back against Canadian pharmacies; the Granny State; more budget cuts in Michigan; pork and cheese in Wisconsin; Michigan contract outs Porcupine Mountain downhill ski operation; anti-anti-war photos from the belligerent bunny
10/19/03 States prefer money over flexibility; parking lot gouging at sporting events; Social Security reform and Iowa union households; Medicaid blimp; prescription drug imports in Minnesota; Wisconsin state layoffs; prescription drug roulette; laptops for schools? State union concessions in Michigan; dynamic scoring model in Illinois; crisis in ERs
10/12/03 When is a road not a road? State employee concessions; blaming the NFL for drunk driving; golfing on the public dime; Wisconsin WOrks welfare reform; one quarter of Milwaukee children attend alternative schools
10/05/03 Auburn Hills diverts tax hike money to a golf course; "math wars" in Wisconsin and elsewhere; Louisiana imposes taxes to support a lousy football team; out-migration as a test of policy; SuperTeachers and super pay; diploma mills for teacher MAs; Michigan budget woes continue; sales tax revenues more stable than income tax take
09/28/03   Sports and taxes; Flint senator: Give us charter schools; How much are your health insurance premiums? Eminent domain abuse; Cubs give sweet deal to Chicago aldermen; more on health insurance spending; merit pay proposal in Minnesota; Lonely conservatives.
09/21/03   Tax-deductible aspirin; prepaid tuition plans; Medicaid growth slows; aging prisoners; Chicago teacher pay up, workload down; charter school impasse in Michigan.
09/14/03   Why $150 hotels charge $2 a phone call; states use budget gimmicks; Illinois leads welfare reform; admissions fee for libraries: why not? Chicago third airport plans; charter schools in Michigan and Maryland; contracting out to Indian; MSAs could gain through corporate sale; Milwaukee County to sell golf course?
09/07/03   Deluxe privies for Cook County officials; Michigan's governor and unions play chicken; college president asks Congress to referee college football fight; Alabamians: thanks for the theological advice, but we'll keep our money
08/31/03   America needs illegal aliens-but not a manufacturing jobs czar; state workers to taxpayer: drop dead, while state gives handouts to corporations; local fascism and teardowns; cutting mental health spending; grade inflation in college
08/24/03   Union to volunteers: Drop dead; U-Michigan political tests; Usefulness of MSAs
08/17/03   Free charter schools? Michigan says no; Rudy and the blackout; state employees test Michigan budget deal; School officials golfing in Palm Springs; Chicago school reform
08/10/03   Road snafu in Virginia; O'Hare and other megaproject cost overruns; Male responsibility program--courtesy of government; What should taxes fund, anyway?; Illinois borrows money to pay its Medicaid bills, while governors scuttle medicaid reform
08/03/03   Wisconsin property tax revolt? Ski helmets and safety mandates. Mackinac Bridge: tolls or taxes? Auto insurance requirements. Reductio ad Hitlerum. Raising taxes: Bipartisan activity. Why $1 in taxes cost more than $1. The federal-state shell game
07/27/03   Psychology of conservatism; drug reimportation; mental health treatment; imprisonment up, and WaPost surprised that crime is down; homeland security pork; Illinois freeloads off pharmacies
07/20/03   Conceal carry in Wisc.; mental health programs; a Democrat for school choice; NEA chapter gets payback; no place for race; crazy conservatives
07/13/03   Taxes for Clown Parade; Hate speech gallery; TABOR restrains spending; Credentials or performance? Nevada Supreme Court's follies
07/06/03   Gun advocate NOT a kook-wow! cities raise fee. McCain abuses first amendment-again. Sprawl update. Court tells legislators: violate constitution. Kate Smith=fascist?
06/29/03   Save now for medical expenses. Our Father, who art President. Bold (?) public policy: Cigarette tax hikes. Socialized medicine in Illinois. USA Today: States spend too much. Abortion regulation in Minnesota.
06/22/03   TV station: Guv is a Sex Offender? Library: Porn yes, cash, no; Supremes: Affirmative action OK; AFL-CIO: Gimme Free Drugs; States spending DOWN
06/15/03   GOP govs: Tax-Raisers; Girl's lemonade stand; faith cuts crime; Dereg flies airport
06/08/03   Feds cut taxes, states raise them; tax spam? WWJD in Alabama
06/01/03 "Is this Minnesota?" Teacher pay; seatbelts; BRAC; Prop 13 at 25
05/25/03 529 Plans; Unfranchise public workers; Minnesota budget
05/18/03 MaineRx program; Googling people; Campus conservatives
05/11/03 Checker in town; M. Greve on federalism; Pawlenty profile
05/04/03 Pacifism = unreality; "peace in our time"; defenders v. builders





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