by Neil Jones | May 12, 2023
After months of debate and negotiations between Governor Katie Hobbs (D) and state legislative leaders, the Arizona State House and Senate have passed a $17.8 billion state budget with bipartisan support, delivering some wins and losses for both sides of the political...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 12, 2023
Going into annual budget deliberations, Pennsylvania faces a structural deficit exceeding $1 billion, a problem Republicans say Governor Josh Shapiro (D) should address with a concept he once embraced: zero-based budgeting. The practice involves setting the initial...
by Hannah Poling | May 12, 2023
The Ohio State Bar Association has awarded Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Patrick Fischer with its highest honor, the Ohio Bar Medal. The Ohio State Bar Association states that the Ohio Bar Medal is awarded to individuals who have selflessly donated their time...
by Neil Jones | May 12, 2023
Research group Common Sense Institute Arizona (CSIAZ) released a new report Monday that found Arizona’s highest-performing schools may start receiving less state funding moving forward as the new state budget is set to repeal a program that funded schools based...
by The Center Square | May 12, 2023
by Jon Styf While billion-dollar economic development incentives are heavily expanding across the country, the agencies in charge of handing out those incentives claim to create or retain 625,000 jobs in their most recent fiscal years, according to a new...
by RealClearWire | May 12, 2023
by Ethan Gutmann It’s morning in Istanbul, but Joseph is reliving his morning routine in the camp, before the 16-hour shift starts. After the prisoners had sung Communist songs for their breakfast, the Chinese guards played a video for them shot in cinema...