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Developing and advancing policies that enhance people’s freedom
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“In today’s crisis, governors from both parties have exemplified strong leadership. They know their residents and their state’s needs better than anyone in the federal government. In the state-federal partnership, governors are in the best position to control what happens on the ground, better than any president could be.”
- Nikki Haley, Former South Carolina Governor
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Unions are leveraging panic about workplace conditions among retail workers to bolster their ranks and prominence by targeting major employers—like Amazon—for strikes during the coronavirus pandemic. This is the time that Americans need these retail operations most, not the time for labor unions to play politics. The people who will be hurt most by their actions are the ones they claim to help.
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Some teachers' unions are now preventing students from transferring to the state's virtual public charter schools. What is really at the heart of the special interest groups’ opposition? The unions are afraid the online learning option will remain a preferred and permanent feature of the education landscape.
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"Proponents of price controls are now using the coronavirus crisis to push their legislative agenda," says IWF Director of Policy Research Heather Madden. Some legislators attempted to dictate the price of any COVID-19 vaccine, without acknowledging the cost of drug development, the general average cost of which exceeds $2.5 billion.
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Will the Coronavirus Response Lead to Permanent Occupational Licensing Reforms?
  
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Normally, Americans would be up against the deadline to file tax returns. This year, that deadline has been extended due to the coronavirus pandemic. This gives us extra time to file, and to understand the various deductions and credits we might qualify for.
Can you identify which of the following statements is NOT true about the State and Local Tax (or SALT) deduction?
A: The ACA resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance, mostly by expanding private health insurance.
B: The ACA caused health insurance premiums and deductibles in the individual market to skyrocket.
C: The ACA caused health insurance plans to narrow their networks; in other words, to restrict which hospitals and providers were available to people with ACA coverage.
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Today, we can expect the stimulus checks that Congress approved for American families (as part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security or CARES Act) to begin hitting bank accounts. Here are 5 important things you should know about the stimulus checks.
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A conspiracy theory linking the novel coronavirus with 5G technology is spreading across social media, and celebrities are fueling it. It’s false. It’s unfounded. Don’t believe it, even if your favorite celebrities are telling you to believe them. 5G technology is the next generation of cellular technology that will enable us to have faster access to the internet.
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President Trump says that the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has been "China-centric." For once, the President is guilty of an understatement. This story outlines several ways that China's communist government exerted influence on the WHO.
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