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In California, a for-profit college battles for tax dollars
The University of Phoenix campus in Washington, D.C. The American Independent. The nation’s largest for-profit college is aggressively lobbying against a proposal in California that would disqualify it...
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Congressman seeks to increase distance between fracking and schools
Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final installment in a series on hydraulic fracturing near schools. Read the first part here, the second part here, the third part here. and the fourth part here....
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Calif. cracks down on aid to for-profit colleges
The University of Phoenix campus in Washington, D.C. The American Independent. California lawmakers dealt a blow to the for-profit college industry last week by disqualifying poorly performing schools...
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Big telecom pushes de-regulation bill in California
{link url= California could be the latest state to enact a law that dramatically curbs regulatory oversight of telecommunications services in the state, handing a significant victory to the industry...
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Advocates declare victory in Intel/Boy Scout funding campaign
Zach Wahls, Scouts for Equality LGBT-rights advocates have declared victory in their campaign to get Intel to stop funding the Boy Scouts of America until that organization eliminates its policy of...
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‘Why are they making this more difficult for us?’
Crystal Gonzalez sits in a McAllen, Texas, coffee shop while searching for a new health care provider. Photo by Mary Tuma. When Texas decided to exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from its...
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Arthur Laffer’s dynamic roadshow
On January 19 of this year, Kansas state Sen. Julia Lynn offered an exuberant greeting to renowned tax-cutting enthusiast Arthur Laffer. “What an honor and privilege to have you here in Kansas,” Lynn...
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The conservative push to end NC’s income tax
Republicans in North Carolina haven’t had it this good since 1870. That’s the last time they controlled both the state’s legislative and executive branches. And they’re getting right down to business,...
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Sequester could lead to massive cuts in HIV testing, treatment
Shutterstock/larry1235 The AIDS Drug Assistance Program is among the many federal programs that will take a hit if $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts go through March 1, and those cuts could...
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The Telecom Astroturf Lobby
Verizon building (Flickr/gt8073a). When the telecommunications industry sought federal rules that would allow it to charge customers more for high bandwidth products such as Hulu or Netflix than for...
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