In today’s crisis, governors from both parties have exemplified strong leadership. They know their residents and their state’s needs better than any.
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“I was really hoping that Equal Pay Day would appropriately fall on April 1 this year... If you think women make 20% less for equal work, you've been fooled.”
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** COVID-19 Could Bust State Budgets ([link removed])
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The economic impact of shutting down our nation to halt the spread of COVID-19 is clear. States now face devastating hits to their budgets. Lost revenue means state budgets may be blown up forcing states to institute cuts to programs and spending or layoffs. Cities and municipalities also face challenging budget times ahead too especially those dependent on sales tax revenue. Governors are clamoring for federal aid to keep them afloat until coronavirus closures can be lifted. So far, Washington has responded ([link removed]) ...
** Reforming Licenses Is a COVID-19 Prescription for States ([link removed])
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The administration just announced a regulatory move to allow all medical professionals to practice across state lines. That could mean the federal government would override occupational licensing rules ([link removed]) set by state licensing boards that prohibit licensed medical of other states from practicing in their states. Now that the feds are temporarily doing this, we must consider making permanent changes to rationalize the licensing of medical professionals to increase supply broadly.
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** Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Go After Short-Term Loans ([link removed])
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It should come as no surprise to anyone that there is a move to use the coronavirus crisis to shove a cap on short term loans, also known as payday loans. While that may be just fine with progressives, it will harm many people who don’t have access to bank accounts, bank loans, and credit cards but find themselves in a pinch. Short-term lenders’ high interest rates reflect the riskiness of the loans they are willing to make. Democrats restored push to ban payday loans will cut off a source of emergency cash to some people in dire need. ([link removed])
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** Meet Dr. Nicole Saphier ([link removed])
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Dr. Nicole Saphier is the director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Monmouth, a medical contributor for Fox News, and author of "Make America Healthy Again: How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion Dollar Crisis." She has a gift for breaking down medical information in plain English, and it is obvious Dr. Saphier is having a moment ([link removed]) —conveying expertise and calm in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.
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** Heroes of Our Time: Farmers and Truckers ([link removed])
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The coronavirus crisis is forcing us to rethink civil value. It’s the workers whom the elites might have regarded as their social inferiors (deplorables) who are proving our heroes and heroines. Maybe movie stars still see themselves as sages, and a former presidential candidate still sees farmers as not as smart as he is. But most of us realize that in serious times such as these, elite self-aggrandizement is suddenly more than ever silly and distasteful. We are beginning to see that formerly unappreciated people are heroes, ([link removed]) contributing to our wellbeing, even at risk to their own health.
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Quotas: Do Women Need Them to Get Ahead?
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** Why We Wouldn't Be Better off Fighting Coronavirus If We Had Medicare for All ([link removed])
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The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to strain our healthcare system like nothing else in modern times. But the United States will be better off than some other countries in dealing with the crisis. But we will get through it best without a top-down Medicare for All system. Medicare for All would exacerbate, not mitigate, America’s health-sector weaknesses ([link removed]) in our current system ([link removed]) , doubling down on the centralized pieces of our health system that have been slow, inflexible, and antiquated.
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** Students Say Stress of Passing Online Classes Is More Dangerous Than COVID-19 ([link removed])
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New “safety” demands from some undergraduates reinforce already negative stereotypes associated with the free-for-all-college entitlement crowd. An online petition insisting that the University of Arizona in Tucson end spring classes has garnered more than 8,800 signatures from students who think expectations to pass their classes are “stressors that could endanger them more [than] the virus.”
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** Grocer Nixes Reusable Tote Bags During Crisis ([link removed])
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Weis Markets will no longer allow reusable bags in their stores. Other supermarkets are following the corporations lead as consumers are worrying that those reusable bags are not as sanitary as those single-use plastic bags. Aside from sanitation concerns of reusable bags, they apparently create more environmental problems than those thin, easy to dispose, single-use plastic bags.
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** Brides and Grooms Scramble as Coronavirus Ruins Weddings ([link removed])
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In the midst of a global pandemic, it feels selfish to complain about wedding plans going down the drain. That’s why many brides and grooms are suffering in silence. For that, they deserve acknowledgement. They deserve credit for putting their thoughts and feelings aside.
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