Study reveals generation-long decline in business startups
A new National Bureau of Economic Research study has quantified the impact of America’s generation-long decline in business startups, and the results are not pretty.
Roper: Mullin illustrates the trouble with certificate of need laws
States without certificate of need laws have lower costs, better outcomes and more access to health care. It’s time to subject our CON laws and the Green Mountain Care Board to a certificate of need process. I think we’ll find we don’t need either of them.
ICE to step up operations against companies that hire illegal immigrants
The Trump administration’s top immigration agent said Tuesday that he plans to ramp up investigations of businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
Trump’s EPA cracking down on ‘sue and settle’ lawsuits
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a directive ending an Obama-era legal practice that conservatives criticized as giving outside activists control of the regulatory process.
Gov. Scott discusses first 10 months in office
In this episode of Vote for Vermont, co-hosts Pat McDonald and Ben Kinsley interview Gov. Phil Scott about the progress he has made in fulfilling his campaign promises.
More cases of voter fraud pile up as fraud deniers look other way
The Heritage Foundation’s ever-growing voter fraud database now documents 1,088 proven instances of election fraud, including 949 cases that have resulted in criminal convictions, 48 that have ended in civil penalties, and 75 that have seen defendants enter diversion programs.
Statehouse Headliners: Fewer Vermonters need welfare benefits
In this week’s Statehouse Headliners, many Vermonters once on welfare have found work, Gov. Phil Scott is listening on the carbon tax, and two agriculture commissions look at marijuana and dairy.
Mazur: Certificate of need is obsolete
Certificate of need resource allocations by government bureaucrats can’t replace private decisions by health care entrepreneurs, nor can they lead to better outcomes and less costly delivery of services to consumers.
One out of every eight US residents is an immigrant
Thanks to a two-decade surge in immigration, a greater share of the U.S. population is foreign-born than at any time in the past century, according to a new report.
Trump: ‘America is a nation of believers sustained by the power of prayer’
Trump emphasized the importance of family, work, religious liberty, “the rule of law” and law enforcement.
Study: School choice increases college success for low income students
Rather than scheming to eliminate Vermont’s tuitioning system, the Legislature ought to be working to expand it to all Vermont children. Perhaps folks within the state college system will see the benefit of pushing this policy direction in the future.
Tax code rewards bad state policies and favors the wealthy
One of the many reasons we need tax reform is that our current system encourages bad economic policy at the state level and subsidizes wealthy individuals.