September, 2011 - Independence Institute

Utah Lawmaker Charts Bold Plan to Empower Students for Excellent Education 0
- September 21, 2011
Over and over again I have said that serious outside-the-box thinking is needed to push American schooling toward excellence that affords families a wide array of challenging and effective options to serve them best. In that light Matt Ladner brings our attention to a bold and visionary education transformer, who just so happens to be […]
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Solyndra: Is an apology too much to ask?0
- September 21, 2011
Please send out an APB for common decency because it’s gone, along with the $535 million in taxpayer-guaranteed money that the Obama administration wagered on the California-based solar start-up Solyndra. The high-priced, pet green project – the centerpiece of the president’s green jobs initiative – went belly up, and the F.B.I. raided the homes of
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Dissatisfaction with Xcel should worry lawmakers, PUC 0
- September 21, 2011
Colorado residential natural gas customers don’t like Xcel Energy according to a recent J.D. Power and Associates survey. The Denver Business Journal reports, “Among large natural gas utilities in the West, Xcel Energy was ninth on a list of nine.” This should worry lawmakers because the investor-owned utility has had its way with the state
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Obama’s pre-election strategy of silence on ObamaCare 0
- September 21, 2011
The White House is quietly implementing a strategy of silence on Obamacare. Its goal: making sure the revolt against the unpopular health care overhaul that swept Republicans into power across the country in November 2010 isn’t repeated in 2012. Continue reading →
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Sorry Smart Growthers, Baby Boomers Aren’t Interested 0
- September 21, 2011
One of the articles of faith among smart-growth advocates is that retiring baby boomers will want to move into downtown or suburban high-density, mixed-use developments. In 2009, “Chris” Nelson himself came to Damascus, a very low-density suburb of Portland, to tell residents how wonderful it would be if they rezoned their city for high-density housing. […]
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Colo. health benefits exchange salaries “really big” says Dem. representative 0
- September 20, 2011
Eye-popping salaries proposed for employees of the health benefits exchange being formed in Colorado grabbed the attention of Republicans and Democrats alike. Continue reading →
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