The Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a hearing for 8 a.m. this Saturday. Two of the Foundation’s top legislative priorities will be on the agenda: HB 735, which would repeal the TIF phone tax; and HB 3430, which would create an online searchable database of state agency expenditures.
Higher Education
Don’t Shrink the Core. Fix It.
Just how bad is American higher education today? Consider this observation on today’s college students from Jessica Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine: “It’s not even an inability to critically think. It’s an inability to read sentences.” She is not alone. Professors at elite colleges report that many incoming students arrive...
July 31, 2026