With greater government transparency comes greater government accountability and opportunity. That is, by making it easier for more eyes to be on state and local government spending, there’s a better chance that one or some of us will discover ways to make government more efficient.
Economic freedom in America has steadily declined for the past 15 years as the role of the federal government has expanded rapidly.
Short of ending federal funding for hundreds of programs, Congress needs to resist the urge to micromanage distant states, counties and cities and shift to block grants with few strings attached.
The American people are paying more and more of their hard-earned dollars to satisfy government at all levels, and they’re not getting value in return.
The EPA is mandating that the commonwealth reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 36 percent.
Amendment I 1. The government cannot make you believe in a religion. 2. The government cannot keep you from practicing any religion you choose. 3. The government cannot keep you from saying what you wish. 4. The government cannot keep you from writing what you want. 5. The government cannot stop you from publishing what...
It’s time that we, in Texas, include title insurance in our free market offerings.
The Texas model of low taxes and spending, less regulation, a sound civil justice system, and less dependence on the federal government has made Texas what it is today.
Texas has been America’s jobs engine by creating 40 percent of all U.S. civilian jobs during the last eight years.
If the Supreme Court wants to preserve the legal force of judicial review, stay of the rule is essential to prevent the EPA's increasingly successful circumvention of the court's restraints.
A contemporaneous Pew study found that 57 percent of prospective students believe a college degree no longer carries a value worth the cost. Seventy-five percent of respondents deem college unaffordable.
Center for Local Governance Director James Quintero explains that more transparency of property tax increases will help rein in out of control government spending.