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When Cumberland Democrat Mayor Daniel McKee took the teachers’ union – the National Education Association – completely off guard by successfully championing legislation that would provide education choice and remove the burden of union control, the response was predictable: “They cheated!” On the Dan Yorke show, Bob Walsh, president of the NEA suggested that the…
In today’s ProJo story on the RI population loss (mentioned here and here yesterday), the Governor, policy experts and academics agree that a shrinking population isn’t a good thing for the economy. Some quotes from the article: John Logan, Sociology Professor, Brown University – “Michigan and Rhode Island have something in common, which is the…
Dan Yorke has been exposing Legislative “rub and tugs” for a few months. In total, these little payouts from legislators to local community groups have cost the state $2.3 million in 2008 (and, as Yorke points out, has helped keep the politicians in office–they’re such good people!). Well, now Yorke’s taking a look at the…
President Bush outlined a serious healthcare reform plan in last night’s State of the Union. The President’s plan is to replace the existing tax-exemption that applies only to money spent on employer-sponsored health insurance with a standard deduction that can be taken by any individual who purchases health insurance, regardless of employer or employment status.…
The encouraging school choice proposal by Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey, discussed here, and the absurd response by Senator Chafee has led me to repost below an expanded version of a November 18, 2005 posting on the moral imperative for school choice. Contrasting this week’s posting with an earlier posting on this issue – also by…
