By Marty OmotoCalifornia Disability Community Action Network
The Brown Administration released on Thursday proposed budget related language – referred to as budget “trailer bill” language – to implement the proposed 7% across-the-board reductio…
Iowa Senate Republican Leader Jerry Behn explains why efforts to reform property taxes failed during the 2012 legislative session. Below is the email Behn sent Friday afternoon: 2012 was finally supposed to be the year to address our uncompetitive property tax system in Iowa. For over three decades, legislators and governors have come and gone [...]
Sumner United for Responsible Government, a Sumner County tea party group, announced in an email blast today that it will be staying on the sidelines in the upcoming House District 45 Republican primary. The race pits veteran incumbent Rep. Debra … Continue reading →
Americans Elect, which worked to create an alternative, online presidential nominating process and had filed for ballot access in Tennessee, pulled the plug on the effort Thursday afternoon. The group announced that “no candidate achieved the national support threshold required … Continue reading →
An upcoming vote in the Kansas Legislature, possibly today, will let Kansans know who is truly in favor of economic freedom, limited government, and free market capitalism — and who favors crony capitalism instead.
The state of Tennessee has a new web site, which Gov. Bill Haslam’s office is touting as “dramatically redesigned and improved” (although the home page changing with each scroll can take a little getting used to). “For many Tennesseans, TN.gov … Continue reading →
By Nathan Tucker It is common in the debate over gay marriage for proponents to argue that consenting adults should be free to do as they please. Both social liberals and libertarians insist that, since there are no victims, government has no right to prohibit gay marriage. This laissez-faire approach to legislation, however, defies credibility [...]