Tag: Regional Politics
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Opinion | Georgia’s School-Choice Mulligan
[ad_1] Georgia has entered the second year of its biennial legislative session, and that means second chances. Namely, lawmakers have an opportunity to pass school-choice legislation that failed last year. A good sign is that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is backing the effort early and with apparent conviction. “I firmly believe we can take an…
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Opinion | Gavin Newsom Objects—to Us
[ad_1] These columns caught Gavin Newsom’s attention this week, we’re delighted to say. The California Governor is upset that we reported on the wealth-tax proposal in the state Assembly because Mr. Newsom says he doesn’t support such a tax. Mr. Newsom on Wednesday presented his budget for the coming year, including ideas to close a…
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Opinion | The Penalty for Opposing Global Warmists
[ad_1] A whistle-blower says he was told to keep quiet about the cost of carbon policies. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | The Wisconsin Supreme Court Stages a Gerrymander Coup
[ad_1] Progressive state judges are on a partisan political roll. Fresh off the 4-3 Colorado Supreme Court’s banishment of Donald Trump from the ballot, a 4-3 majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday overturned precedent and tossed the state’s legislative maps. The four progressive justices ordered the maps redrawn because they violate the state…
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Opinion | The Texas Immigration Law Gambit
[ad_1] Frustrated by the Biden Administration’s immigration failures, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week signed a bill making it a state crime for migrants to cross the southern border illegally. The flood of migrants is a major state problem, but the only effective solution lies in Congress. The Texas law makes it a misdemeanor to…
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Opinion | National Unity and the Colorado Supreme Court
[ad_1] I sympathize with the decision’s spirit, but it was a dangerous move in a deeply divided country. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Union to Eric Adams: Drop Dead
[ad_1] Public unions are big cities’ toughest customers, even for an ally like New York’s Eric Adams. The mayor is patching the city’s budget amid a growing migrant crisis, but government workers are dragging him to court to block cost savings. One of New York’s largest public unions sued Wednesday to prevent City Hall from…
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Opinion | Texas and the Politics of School Choice
[ad_1] Isn’t Texas supposed to be the land of the free and brave? Apparently not when it comes to education. Some GOP legislators in the Lone Star State have bowed to the teachers union and scuttled a bill to expand school choice, but they could pay a political price for it. Texas is a rare…
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Opinion | Georgia’s Flat Tax Advances
[ad_1] State governments aren’t known to run ahead of schedule, but Georgia lawmakers plan to deliver early on a promised tax cut. The acceleration is made possible by another state budget surplus. As Gov. Brian Kemp put it, “this is what happens when you budget conservatively.” The Governor announced the updated tax cuts Monday to…