U.S. Lockdowns Estimated to Have Cost $169 Billion to Save 29,000 lives
The U.S. government has poured trillions of dollars in relief and stimulus into the economy in the wake of state-imposed economic lockdowns earlier this year. But a group of European…
Sticker Shock: Taxpayer on the Hook for $400 Billion in Bad Student Loans
A U.S. Department of Education analysis of student loan debt has found that taxpayers could stick taxpayers with the bill for $400 billion in bad loans. According to the Wall…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Qualified Immunity Claim
While Congress has largely dropped the ball on criminal justice reform, there is a glimmer of hope that the Supreme Court may yet erect some limits on the government’s police…
California Law Enforcement Declining to Enforce Coronavirus Curfews
One of the under-reported aspects of some state and local coronavirus orders is how they will be enforced. More often than not, the responsibility falls to local law enforcement. In…
FDA Puts Hurdles in the Way of Rapid At-Home Testing
Nearly nine months into the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration has finally given approval for an at-home test that can provide users results in…
Report Shows States Getting Slightly Better at Preventing Public Corruption
The Coalition for Integrity has released its report on how states are guarding against public corruption – its so-called “S.W.A.M.P. Index.” The major conclusions: No state achieved a perfect score,…
Industry Groups Warn About States Returning to Lockdowns
A number of state and local governments are re-imposing restrictions on economic activity in a bid to stem the rise in coronavirus infections. Some retailers and their trade associations are…
Florida Democrats Heading Toward Irrelevancy
National attention is still focused on the latest twists and turns in the presidential race. But the bigger story is playing out in the states. Where Democrats suffered enormous setbacks…
Pentagon Fails Another Financial Audit, but Urges Patience as it Gets its Books in Order
The Department of Defense has failed yet another financial audit, the third since such audits began in 2018. But according to the Pentagon’s comptroller, Thomas Harker, there is hope the…
Trump to Order More Troops Home From Iraq, Afghanistan
President Donald Trump is reportedly going to instruct the Pentagon to reduce the number of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the Wall Street Journal, the order…
Trump Rolls Back Federal Regulations on Dishwashers
The federal government’s restrictions on how much water a residential dishwasher can use in a normal cycle have been changed, bringing a bit of common sense back to America’s kitchens:…
Newsom’s Big, Expensive Birthday Bash for a Lobbyists Friend was ‘Stunning Hypocrisy’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is facing scrutiny for attending a birthday dinner for a lobbyist friend that violated his own administration’s guidelines warning such events could spread the coronavirus….