| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 |