New Illinois Governor Facing Torrent of Red Ink
Bruce Rauner, Illinois’ new Republican governor, was inaugurated on Monday and is facing a daunting task: a $4 billion backlog of unpaid bills and a budget showing deficits approaching...
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Auto Loan Bubble a Replay of Housing Mortgage Bubble?
With the number of subprime auto loans increasingly dramatically and defaults increasing apace, will the country's gains in GDP take a tumble when this bubble bursts? ...
Oil Patch Activity Is Starting to Slow
With drilling activity slowing in America's oil patch, the effects will be felt throughout the economy. ...
Mercedes-Benz Latest to Leave New Jersey Owing to High Taxes
Taxes matter, and when escape is possible from high-tax areas such as New Jersey, escapes occur. ...
Boehner Retaliates, Strips Opponents of Committee Responsibilities
John Boehner retaliates against congressmen who opposed him as speaker of the House, stripping them of committee responsibilities. ...
Crude Oil Prices: The Politics, Implications, and Backlash
Lower oil prices are not an unmixed blessing, especially with political maneuvering behind the scenes risking far more than just a shrinkage in the oil patch. ...
Putin Demands All Data About His Citizens Be Stored Inside Russia
Russia’s law that all companies must store data about Russian users only on computer servers inside Russia makes it easier for the government to access it. ...
House Speaker Boehner Facing Serious Challengers in 114th Congress
John Boehner's time as speaker of the House may just have run out. ...
Anti-gun Groups Seeking to Build on Washington State’s “Victory”
Even though the anti-gun groups generally lost big in the mid-term elections, it only encouraged them to do more of the same, but on the local level. ...
N.Y. Times Sides With de Blasio Over Police. What’s the Truth?
The New York Times blames "union bosses and right-wing commentators" for fomenting police resentment against de Blasio to such an extent that it has caused police to essentially abandon "enforcement...
Human Progress Is Accelerating, Says Cato
The Cato Institute has accepted the challenge to offer the bright side to the mainstream media's often dismal view of the world. ...
More Proof That as Gun Ownership Increases, Violent Crime Decreases
There has been a 22 percent decline in violent crime since 2007, a period of time in which the percentage of people licensed to carry increased by 130 percent. ...
Court Rejects Attempt to “Regulate” Bullets & Shot
Judge David Tatel of the District of Columbia’s Circuit Court of Appeals rejected another attempt to force the EPA to regulate bullets and shotgun shells out of existence. ...
Collapse in Oil and Natural Gas Prices Hitting OPEC the Hardest
As prices for crude oil and natural gas continued their precipitous fall over the last five weeks, most commentators have been focusing on the impact — real or predicted...
Sign Discrimination Case Headed to Supreme Court
A local dispute in Gilbert, Arizona, has now become a national issue on a critical part of the Bill of Rights: Reed v. Town of Gilbert. ...