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Taxpayers Continue to Flee States with Heaviest Tax Burdens
United Van Lines (UVL) is one of the largest moving companies in the United States. Each year since 1977, UVL has issued a study of interstate migration patterns. This study reports the share of outbo ...
03 Jan, 2014
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Why Won't Our Senate Audit The Federal Reserve?
After a committee vote and hearings in the US Senate on the nomination of Janet Yellen to the chair of the Federal Reserve system, many in the United States wait to see if the institution she plans to ...
13 Dec, 2013
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Independent Voter Project Conference Sparks Controversy Over IVN.us Funding
Legislators from California, Texas, and Illinois gathered last week to participate in the Independent Voter Project Business and Leadership Conference in Hawaii. Also in attendance were representative ...
25 Nov, 2013
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Abysmal Voter Turnout in 2013: A Sign Voting Should Be Easier
“Off-year” elections, like those in 2013, tend not to get a lot of attention, especially from voters. There are not a lot of big races around the country, and turnout is usually far lower than in pres ...
12 Nov, 2013
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Divided? Yes; Unprecedented? Not Even Close
Historical perspective can be marvelous for whatever ails you—especially if what ails you is the belief that things are worse in America today than they have ever been. This is almost never true. In t ...
26 Oct, 2013
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Rand Paul's Amendment: Congress Can't Exempt Itself from Laws
Republican Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, introduced a Constitutional Amendment last week that would prohibit members of Congress from passing laws "applicable to a citizen of the United States tha ...
21 Oct, 2013
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Short Term Budget Deal Sets Stage for Heated Primary Elections
Speaking on the Senate floor Monday, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) expressed confidence that a resolution to reopen the government ahead of Thursday's debt ceiling deadline would be reached.R ...
15 Oct, 2013
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State Democrats Stand in the Way of Open Primaries in Kentucky
The Kentucky group of independents known as Independent Kentucky has fought for fair representation in the state since 2008. By focusing their efforts on opening the state's primary system, they have ...
15 Oct, 2013
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President's Election Commission Continues to Ignore Independent Voters
Source: Jonathan LippincottThe president's Commission on Election Administration held their final public hearing on September 20 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where five independents from Ohio and Kentu ...
04 Oct, 2013
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Kentucky: New Survey Shows 78% Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana
The 2013 Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that 78 percent of those individuals that participated in the polling support legalizing marijuana for medicinal dedications and 40 percent of those polled a ...
11 Sep, 2013
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