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Budget and Taxes

DOE to invest $80 million in advanced car tech; 15 percent headed to Michigan
Michigan

DOE to invest $80 million in advanced car tech; 15 percent headed to Michigan

DOE to invest $80 million in advanced car tech; 15 percent headed to Michigan
DOE to invest $80 million in advanced car tech; 15 percent headed to Michigan
Michigan

DOE to invest $80 million in advanced car tech; 15 percent headed to Michigan

Thousands of Illinois students get private school aid in new program’s first year
Illinois

Thousands of Illinois students get private school aid in new program’s first year

  • By Cole Lauterbach | Watchdog.org
  • Sep 4, 2018

Illinois’ program offering state tax credits for donations to help students go to private schools have given tuition assistance to thousands of students, but officials say the new program still faces challenges and opposition.

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Report: Teacher benefits eating up more education spending
Illinois

Report: Teacher benefits eating up more education spending

  • By Cole Lauterbach | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 31, 2018

A growing chunk of school funding is bypassing the classroom to pay for past due retirement bills, according to a new study that found such spending increased more in Illinois than any other state.

Op-Ed: Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’
Illinois

Op-Ed: Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’

  • By Austin Berg | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

If lawmakers continue to balk at building the tools necessary to reform pensions, bankruptcy will be the only way out for communities across the state.

Few changes for Illinois schools under new funding formula
Illinois

Few changes for Illinois schools under new funding formula

  • By Benjamin Yount | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

Illinois schools are welcoming students back to class for their first full year under Illinois' new school funding formula, but so far, it's just like any other year. 

Illinois GOP goes after Pritzker for lack of details on progressive tax plan
Illinois

Illinois GOP goes after Pritzker for lack of details on progressive tax plan

  • By Cole Lauterbach | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker has been silent about what he would propose as far as rates he would support if a graduated tax became constitutional. 

Cato Institute: Nevada among freest U.S. states, but work to be done on taxes, regulations
Nevada

Cato Institute: Nevada among freest U.S. states, but work to be done on taxes, regulations

  • By Noell Evans | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

The Cato Institute recently released their “Freedom in the 50 States” report. It’s a study of how the policies of each state affect its residents and businesses. Nevadans were not surprised to learn that their state was sitting comfortably in the top ten.

New index seeks to quantify ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ over neighboring states
New Hampshire

New index seeks to quantify ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ over neighboring states

  • By Delphine Luneau | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 29, 2018

Public officials and observers of the Granite State often like to talk about the state’s “New Hampshire Advantage,” which generally boils down to a vision of a relatively small state government and robust economic growth compared to its peers in the region.

City of Shreveport, mayor engulfed in lawsuit over 'Tyler taxes'
Louisiana

City of Shreveport, mayor engulfed in lawsuit over 'Tyler taxes'

  • By Bethany Blankley | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 29, 2018

The first term mayor of Shreveport, Democrat Ollie Tyler, has become the focus of a lawsuit against the city over what has become known as the “Tyler taxes.”

Ohio seeks to take the lead in blockchain technology
Ohio

Ohio seeks to take the lead in blockchain technology

  • By Tyler Arnold | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 28, 2018

Business leaders and Republican state representatives are planning to take Ohio to the forefront of advancing and innovating blockchain technology.

Legislators eliminated state sales tax holidays – with one local exception
Louisiana

Legislators eliminated state sales tax holidays – with one local exception

  • By John Haughey | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 28, 2018

A funny thing happened on the long and torturous way to securing the budget deal that mercifully ended Louisiana’s third special legislative session of the year in June: No one included the state’s three tax holidays among exemptions to the .45 percent seven-year extension of the expiring 1 …

Thousands of Illinois students get private school aid in new program’s first year
Illinois

Thousands of Illinois students get private school aid in new program’s first year

  • By Cole Lauterbach | Watchdog.org
  • Sep 4, 2018

Illinois’ program offering state tax credits for donations to help students go to private schools have given tuition assistance to thousands of students, but officials say the new program still faces challenges and opposition.

+2
Report: Teacher benefits eating up more education spending
Illinois

Report: Teacher benefits eating up more education spending

  • By Cole Lauterbach | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 31, 2018

A growing chunk of school funding is bypassing the classroom to pay for past due retirement bills, according to a new study that found such spending increased more in Illinois than any other state.

Op-Ed: Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’
Illinois

Op-Ed: Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’

  • By Austin Berg | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

If lawmakers continue to balk at building the tools necessary to reform pensions, bankruptcy will be the only way out for communities across the state.

Few changes for Illinois schools under new funding formula
Illinois

Few changes for Illinois schools under new funding formula

  • By Benjamin Yount | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

Illinois schools are welcoming students back to class for their first full year under Illinois' new school funding formula, but so far, it's just like any other year. 

Illinois GOP goes after Pritzker for lack of details on progressive tax plan
Illinois

Illinois GOP goes after Pritzker for lack of details on progressive tax plan

  • By Cole Lauterbach | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker has been silent about what he would propose as far as rates he would support if a graduated tax became constitutional. 

Cato Institute: Nevada among freest U.S. states, but work to be done on taxes, regulations
Nevada

Cato Institute: Nevada among freest U.S. states, but work to be done on taxes, regulations

  • By Noell Evans | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 30, 2018

The Cato Institute recently released their “Freedom in the 50 States” report. It’s a study of how the policies of each state affect its residents and businesses. Nevadans were not surprised to learn that their state was sitting comfortably in the top ten.

New index seeks to quantify ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ over neighboring states
New Hampshire

New index seeks to quantify ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ over neighboring states

  • By Delphine Luneau | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 29, 2018

Public officials and observers of the Granite State often like to talk about the state’s “New Hampshire Advantage,” which generally boils down to a vision of a relatively small state government and robust economic growth compared to its peers in the region.

City of Shreveport, mayor engulfed in lawsuit over 'Tyler taxes'
Louisiana

City of Shreveport, mayor engulfed in lawsuit over 'Tyler taxes'

  • By Bethany Blankley | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 29, 2018

The first term mayor of Shreveport, Democrat Ollie Tyler, has become the focus of a lawsuit against the city over what has become known as the “Tyler taxes.”

Ohio seeks to take the lead in blockchain technology
Ohio

Ohio seeks to take the lead in blockchain technology

  • By Tyler Arnold | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 28, 2018

Business leaders and Republican state representatives are planning to take Ohio to the forefront of advancing and innovating blockchain technology.

Legislators eliminated state sales tax holidays – with one local exception
Louisiana

Legislators eliminated state sales tax holidays – with one local exception

  • By John Haughey | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 28, 2018

A funny thing happened on the long and torturous way to securing the budget deal that mercifully ended Louisiana’s third special legislative session of the year in June: No one included the state’s three tax holidays among exemptions to the .45 percent seven-year extension of the expiring 1 …

Report slams Michigan for underfunded schools despite $2.1 billion in increased spending
Michigan

Report slams Michigan for underfunded schools despite $2.1 billion in increased spending

  • By Tyler Arnold | Watchdog.org
  • Aug 28, 2018

Initially framed as a one-time budget fix, it became an annual practice to divert the School Aid Fund money intended for public schools to community colleges and universities, according to a report by the Michigan League for Public Policy.

Thousands of Illinois students get private school aid in new program’s first year
Illinois

Thousands of Illinois students get private school aid in new program’s first year

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Report: Teacher benefits eating up more education spending
Illinois

Report: Teacher benefits eating up more education spending

Op-Ed: Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’
Illinois

Op-Ed: Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’

Few changes for Illinois schools under new funding formula
Illinois

Few changes for Illinois schools under new funding formula

Illinois GOP goes after Pritzker for lack of details on progressive tax plan
Illinois

Illinois GOP goes after Pritzker for lack of details on progressive tax plan

Cato Institute: Nevada among freest U.S. states, but work to be done on taxes, regulations
Nevada

Cato Institute: Nevada among freest U.S. states, but work to be done on taxes, regulations

New index seeks to quantify ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ over neighboring states
New Hampshire

New index seeks to quantify ‘New Hampshire Advantage’ over neighboring states

City of Shreveport, mayor engulfed in lawsuit over 'Tyler taxes'
Louisiana

City of Shreveport, mayor engulfed in lawsuit over 'Tyler taxes'

Ohio seeks to take the lead in blockchain technology
Ohio

Ohio seeks to take the lead in blockchain technology

Legislators eliminated state sales tax holidays – with one local exception
Louisiana

Legislators eliminated state sales tax holidays – with one local exception

Report slams Michigan for underfunded schools despite $2.1 billion in increased spending
Michigan

Report slams Michigan for underfunded schools despite $2.1 billion in increased spending

National Stories

Texas Democrats express alarm about potential border crisis

U.S. economy adds 379,000 jobs in February

Florida ‘anti-mob’ bill racing through House, unheard in Senate

Texas nurse challenges NLRB dismissal of case

20 Republican Attorneys General argue HR1 is unconstitutional

Columns

Op-Ed: Enacting 'millionaires' taxes' will set back state recoveries

Op-Ed: FDA dangerously slow-walks at-home testing

Op-Ed: Why aren’t our children back in school? Thank the unions.

Op-Ed: Get cookie police out of Oklahoma kitchens

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