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January 2011
Minnesota’s Unfunded Liabilities Raise New Concerns
January 25, 2011 By Tom Steward, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
January 18, 2010 By Paul J. Gessing, New Mexico’s Rio Grande Foundation
Waiting for Stimulation
January 10, 2011, By John W. Pope Civitas Institute
Prosperity Is Achievable – If We’re Willing To Change
January 6, 2011 By Dave Trabert, Kansas Policy Institute
August 2010
Free press would be shackled by government handouts
August 31, 2010 by Mark Flatten, Goldwater Institute
Why ObamaCare Must Be Revealed
August 17, 2010 by Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO of the Pacific Research Institute
July 2010
States hide trillions in debt
July 23, 2010, By Frank Keegan, The Franklin Center
Georgia Narrows the Gubernatorial Field to Three Major Candidates
July 23, 2010 by Mike Klein, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Georgia’s Virtual Schools
July 12, 2010 by Mike Klein, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Northstar commuter train can’t justify St. Cloud extension
July 7, 2010 By Tom Steward, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
June 2010 Articles
Washington Doesn’t Need an Income Tax
June 17, 2010 By Paul Guppy, Washington Policy Center
Incumbents in Congress face bigger risk of being ousted
June 7, 2010 by Eric O’Keefe, Sam Adams Alliance
May, 2010 Articles
Free speech regulation masquerading as ‘transparency’
May 20, 2010 by Michael Barnhart, Sunshine Review
Green Jobs Destroy Good Jobs
May 12, 2010, by Katrina Currie, Commonwealth Foundation
School Choice Passes First Important Georgia Court Case
May 10, 2010 by Mike Klein, Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Washington’s 2010 Legislative Session: Individual Liberty vs. Brute Force
May 3, 2010 By Amber Gunn, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
April, 2010 Articles
High finance bookies betting both sides of municipal bonds
April 30, 2010 By Frank Keegan, Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
Waste In The Department of Correction
April 26, 2010 By Mike Klein Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Ratcheting up the earmarks challenge
April 23, 2010 By Paige Winfield Cunningham, Old Dominion Watchdog
Plan to change Electoral College not the right one
April 20, 2010 by Diana Cieslak, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
How’s UMD, other Minnesota colleges doing?
April 14, 2010 by Anne D. Neal, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Tuition deregulation didn’t deregulate tuition
April 11, 2010 By Elizabeth Young, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Oklahomans Say More Spending Won’t Help
April 9, 2010 By Brandon Dutcher, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Inc.
March, 2010 Articles
Kansas: State should pass Shield Law
March 25th, 2010 By Earl F Glynn, Director of Kansas Watchdog
Everyone Wins or We All Lose
March 22, 2010, By Dave Trabert, Kansas Policy Institute
Analysis: Could Ehrlich ‘fix’ the state and supply a positive vision?
March 1st, 2010, By Len Lazarick Len@MarylandReporter.com
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