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Ada County Highway District increases impact fees by 66%
Ada County officials have significantly increased development impact fees to pay for transportation projects, passing an ordinance to charge

Bob Pishue
Dec 16, 20253 min read


Education choice setback for Montana families requires legislative action
Montana families seeking flexible education options for students with special needs received disappointing news last week when a District Co

Meg Goudy
Dec 16, 20253 min read


46 states have a private workers’ compensation system: Wyoming should join them
Did you know that Wyoming is only one of four states in the U.S. with a completely government-run workers’ compensation insurance system? Wa

Marta Mossburg
Dec 15, 20252 min read


A prescription for fraud? GAO finds serious abuses in Obamacare exchanges
Remember when Americans were told that the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) would lower health care costs and that if you liked

Dr. Roger Stark
Dec 12, 20252 min read


Which states have the most debt? New report shows big divide
States and local governments across America have collectively accumulated over $6 trillion in liabilities, roughly $5 trillion of which are

Jason Mercier
Dec 11, 20253 min read


Does higher spending increase student outcomes?
Just as low-quality steel will lead to a lower quality chassis of a car, poorly educated American workers will lead to a drop in quality of

Luke Hill
Dec 10, 20253 min read


Fast food jobs at risk with high minimum wages
Across the country, raising the minimum wage continues to be a topic of conversation. Some claim that raising the minimum wage to $20 would

Sam Cardwell
Dec 9, 20253 min read


Migrating towards state approval for federal land projects
What’s good for the goose is also good for the gander, or so the saying goes. But this adage never seems to hold true for the federal land discussion, even when an alliance could benefit both sides of the debate.

Madilynne Clark
Dec 8, 20253 min read
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