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Poll: Boot California, Texas, Florida out of the union
By Johnny Kampis | Watchdog.org CULLMAN, Ala. — Take a hike, Golden State. Hit the door, Empire State. Lone Star State, yes, even you. We’ll need you to go form your own government, but you should be...
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Red states still grasping at Obamacare Medicaid cash
By Jason Hart | Watchdog.org Several Republican governors are still pursuing the Obamacare Medicaid expansion to bring billions in new federal spending to their states. Implementing the Obamacare...
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Ohio’s Republican governor promotes Obamacare while in South Dakota
By Jason Hart | Watchdog.org Ohio Gov. John Kasich promoted Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion while in South Dakota as part of a six-state Balanced Budget Amendment trip Tuesday. After talking with state...
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Ohio governor slams Obamacare opponents in Montana
By Jason Hart | Watchdog.org Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday accused Montana lawmakers of letting poor Montanans die by rejecting Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Kasich’s meeting with state...
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Obama wishes more Republicans were like Ohio’s Kasich
SAME, NOT THE SAME: Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, insists Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has nothing to do with Obamacare. When seeking office in 2010, Kasich complained Obamacare would “require more...
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Stupid country? ‘I-Squared’ immigration lobby hammers U.S. technology workers
RUNNING DOWN AMERICA: Sen. Orrin Hatch says the United States is a “stupid country” to deny entry to skilled tech workers from overseas By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org If it’s good for Google, is it good...
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Richer or poorer? West has brighter economic horizon
SHINING CITY ON THE HILL: Utah and its capital, Salt Lake City, stand out as the nation’s leader for business and growth. according to the American Legislative Exchange Council. By Kenric Ward |...
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Will the EPA’s Clean Power Plan save you money or clean your clock?
THE COST TO GET CLEANER: A study sponsored by an energy group warns that 43 states will see double-digit increases in electricity prices in the next decade if the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is enacted. By...
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Zoning meets property rights: Airbnb and VRBO outlawed in several Utah cities
Photo by: Shutterstock By Josh Daniels | Watchdog Opinion Recently we interviewed a St. George resident who was warned by a city code enforcement officer that his house sharing attempts via the popular...
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Anatomy of an attack: Left-wing front group launches assault on land transfer...
Utah State Rep. Ken Ivory took fire from a group with strong ties to George Soros and his Tides Foundation. By Ron Catlett and Dustin Hurst | For IdahoReporter.com and MediaTrackers Montana It’s high...
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After river disaster, is it time to re-evaluate EPA?
EPA DISASTER: An estimated 3 million gallons of pollutants spilled into the Animas River after an EPA reclamation project was botched. Exxon had its Valdez, BP had its Deepwater Horizon and now the...
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EPA withholds mine spill documents from Congress
WILDLIFE TRAGEDY: Ducks wade in the Animas River as orange sludge from a mine spill upstream flows past Berg Park in Farmington, N.M. on Aug. 8. A congressional committee blasted the Environmental...
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A heavy taxpayer bill for light-rail? Debate continues over cost of commuter...
WORTH THE COST?: Light-rail projects are springing up across the country but a recent report from the Cato Institute says, like a lot of transportation projects, they often run over-budget....
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Here are 7 Utah liquor laws that would even drive Pennsylvanians crazy
SALT LAKE CITY — When former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett delivered his 2014 budget address, he compared the state’s much-maligned system of state-run wine and liquor store to a place 2,000 miles...
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National parks fail EPA’s latest ozone mandates
Part 7 of 7 in the series Poison Hotline (EPA) HIGH POLLUTER: Yosemite National Park in California has among the worst ozone levels in the United States. The EPA’s newest ozone pollution threshold has...
View ArticleESAs an increasingly important front in school-choice battle
As the legality of state-funded education savings accounts continue to be argued in Nevada courts, Utah could be looking to create a similar program, allowing parents to receive the taxpayer funds...
View ArticleWhat state policymakers should know about STEM
With occupations related to STEM fields projected to grow to more than 9 million in the next six years, schools are taking note and making changes to prepare students for the future. Boston schools...
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Utah will likely have to reveal terms of its voluntary sales tax deal with...
DENIED: The Mississippi Department of Revenue has denied two requests for public records on its sales tax deal with Amazon. Another state with a voluntary sales tax deal with Amazon will have to...
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