Madison — State Senator Frank Lasee (R-DePere) announced on Nov. 1 that, as Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing, he will take no action on AB 210. His inaction will effectively kill the bill. AB 210, which moved quickly through the Assembly, was assigned to Lasee’s committee on October 19th and had…
Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr.
Tapping natural resources to address Maryland’s economic problems
We should develop previously unavailable energy resources to generate jobs, revenues By Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr Maryland’s 7.2 percent unemployment rate is below the national average, but still too high. Budget shortfalls next year could reach $700 million or more, the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute warns. Many of our cities and counties likewise…
Alyssa Carducci
Fracking Can Be Responsible, Says NY Enviro Commish
By Alyssa Carducci New York Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens is spreading the word that natural gas production through hydraulic fracturing techniques can be environmentally responsible. In an interview with ProPublica, Martens said he is comfortable proposed New York regulations will allow natural gas production in an environmentally responsible manner. No Chemical Migration…
General
UW-Green Bay Violated State Law in Re-Hiring of Double Dipping Administrator
State Representative Steve Nass (RWhitewater), Chairman of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, announced his call for the firing of UWGreen Bay Chancellor Tom Harden and Special Assistant Dan Spielmann. The Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) has determined that the re-hiring of Vice Chancellor Tom Maki did in fact violate Wisconsin Statute 40.015 and…
John B. Taylor
Federal government is ignoring the things that worked in recession recoveries before
By John B. Taylor This month marks the two-year anniversary of the official start of the recovery from the 2007-09 recession. But it’s a recovery in name only: Real gross domestic product growth has averaged only 2.8% per year compared with 7.1% after the most recent deep recession in 1981-82. The growth slowdown this year-to…
Robert Rector
The “poor” have a lot of amenities in America.
By Robert Rector The Heritage Foundation For two decades, the Census Bureau has reported almost yearly that more than 35 million Americans live in “poverty.” Last fall, census officials grabbed headlines by saying 43.5 million persons were poor. That’s one in seven Americans. But what does it mean to be “poor” in America? What is…