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Texas could miss a big economic opportunity in telemedicine if medical board regulations stand

Although Texas has one of the strongest economies in the country, it could fall behind in telemedicine. After all, forty-eight other states have fewer restrictions.

March 9, 2016
Health Care

5 reasons Donald Trump’s health plan is worthless

Based on what Trump has put forth, combined with his past support for government-monopoly health-care programs like the United Kingdom’s, Trump’s cure for American health care might well be worse than the disease.

March 7, 2016
Economy

Why Texas needs competition in the title insurance market

The problem with government limits on competition is that they usually don’t deliver what’s promised and leave us wishing for something better — and more stable. Such is the case with the Texas title insurance market.

March 7, 2016
Health Care

Beware feds bearing gifts

Forcing the states to accept an entirely new program or lose the largest single source of funds in the state budget was, in Chief Justice John Roberts’s memorable phrase, a 'gun to the head.'

March 4, 2016
Energy & Environment

Is the climate crusade stalling?

At this point in time, the intermittent, and far more expensive, renewable energies cannot provide the countless energy services on which our long, healthy, affluent, and comfortable lives with personal freedom depend.

March 3, 2016
Criminal Justice

Fingerprinting rule penalizes pocketbook for small mistakes

Some 68 million Americans — roughly one in five — have some sort of a criminal record and as a result are often excluded from certain areas of the workforce.

March 2, 2016
Criminal Justice

End of the road for the Driver Responsibility Program

The Senate Research Center says 1.2 million Texans have lost their licenses due to the program, leaving people with the choice of driving on a suspended license or losing the means to get to their job to support themselves and their family.

March 2, 2016
K-12 Education

Who fired Melissa Click? Free markets

Professor Click was fired by the UM Board of Curators last Thursday. But it wasn't really the board that did her in. It was free markets — prospective students, their parents, donors, and alumni — expressing their displeasure with their checkbooks.

March 2, 2016
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Michael Barba discusses education quality on The Lars Larson Show

Center for Education Freedom Policy Analyst Michael Barba discusses educational choice and quality on The Lars Larson Show.

March 1, 2016
Economy

Trade deficits can be a good sign

Free trade allows Americans the ability to satisfy their desires by purchasing goods and services of better quality or lower price elsewhere.

March 1, 2016
Health Care

Texas lags behind the country in telemedicine

Texas is dead last in the nation in access to health care and in expanding the use of innovative technology, like telemedicine, to meet that need.

February 29, 2016
Taxes & Spending

The Texas borrowing binge: What’s another $30 billion in local debt?

Among the top ten most populous states in the nation, the principal amount owed by Texas is $225 billion and is the 2nd largest total next to only California who is $268 billion in the hole.

February 26, 2016
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