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Virginia’s Economy Needs a Real Boost
Government bad news is oftentimes released late on a Friday afternoon when the taxpayers and voters are least likely to be paying attention. Late on Friday afternoon, July 8, after most folks were heading home or starting their vacations, the … Continue reading
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Why We Can’t Live Without Autonomous Vehicles
What if an airliner, loaded with 400 passengers, fell from the sky, killing everyone aboard? What if it happened every year? Every week? Every day? What if it happened every three hours? You’d probably think twice before booking airfare for … Continue reading
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Federal Spending Significantly Impacts Virginia
The federal government spends billions of dollars buying goods and services from private sector firms each year. Just as the fortunes of businesses dependent on federal spending ebb and flow with federal budgets, so do the budgets of the states … Continue reading
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What is Behind the Great Transit Crackup?
This year has seen a plethora of major troubles in legacy transit cities—Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, DC in particular (but there are also serious deferred maintenance problems in Chicago and Miami). In addition, there were major disruptions within the … Continue reading
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Federal Land Grab is An Assault On Private Property
Utah’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit in February 2016 against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service (USFS) in the Department of Agriculture. Utah claims that in 2015 a federal plan … Continue reading
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