Regulation

Two Thumbs Down for Film Tax Credits

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 15, 2010

The Tax Foundation released a report on movie production incentives (MPIs), such as film tax tax credits and film grants (full report here). Forty-four states offer some sort…

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Health Care

Guide to National Health Care Reform Proposals

  • October 20, 2009

President Obama has pushed national health care reform, making it a priority. While there is no official "Obama plan," and several different proposal in Congress, the leading proposals have several…

Fact Sheet

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Regulation

Wisconsin Governor Proposes Eliminating Film Tax Credit

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 27, 2009

The Tax Foundation points out that at least one governor is proposing eliminating his state’s tax credit for Hollywood films.  As we have noted, tax credits for movies…

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Health Care

Taxes, Health Care, and GOP Strategists

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 6, 2008

Fox News has an article about the future of the GOP, and its search for rising starts. It is a pretty good piece, except for comments by Republican strategist…

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Government Accountability

More on ACORN and Voter Fraud

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 9, 2008

As a followup to Jessica’s post on ACORN and Voter Fraud, here are some recent updates: The Tribune Review notes that investigations of ACORN could be coming to…

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Health Care

State Mandates Result in High Price Tags

  • September 10, 2008

A recent news release from the National Center for Policy Analysis underscores the reason for soaring health coverage costs across the nation: state mandates and no national competition. The…

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Education

Higher Graduation Rates For Milwaukee Choice Students

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 2, 2008

A New Study from School Choice Wisconsin finds that choice schools in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program have substantially higher graduation rates than the Milwaukee public schools. Furthermore, as…

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Education

Wisconsin votes to protect cyber schools

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 20, 2008

As we had noted previously that cyber schools in Wisconsin are also facing attack (primarily from the teachers unions), I thought I would pass along this story Pennsylvania…

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Education

Wisconsin’s Virtual Schools Could Close this Summer

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 24, 2008

Intriguing piece in School Reform News on how the Wisconsin teachers’ union is also working to undermine cyber schools – rather than targeting funding, they are going after cyber…

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