Chicago
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
When it Comes to Environmental Policy, Facts Should Still Matter
by Rich Trzupek December 5, 2019If you drive a car and live in the greater Chicagoland metropolitan area, you are periodically required to have your tailpipe emissions checked to ensure that your vehicle meets emissions standards.
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ConstitutionGovernmentLiberty
Pursuing Gun Violence Solutions Demands Rational, Realistic Solutions
by Nancy Thorner August 26, 2019Liberals could hardly contain their glee where there were two massacres over the first weekend of August, 2019, the first in El Paso, Texas, the second in Dayton, Ohio.
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Environment/Energy
Chicago’s 100% Renewable is Pipe Dream and Disaster in the Making
by Nancy Thorner April 26, 2019Legislation unanimously passed on April 10, 2019 by the Chicago City Council has just made Chicago the largest city in the United States to commit to 100 percent clean energy.
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GovernmentLibertyPolitics
VP Pence Encourages Chicago Area Conservatives Friday Night
by Nancy Thorner April 4, 2019Vice President Mike Pence bolstered a frustrated crowd of Chicago area conservatives – both young and not-so-young – last Friday night by encouraging them to be bold and be persistent.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEducationFeaturedGovernmentHealth CarePodcastRegulationUncategorized
In The Tank (ep169) – Taxing Millennials, FDA’s Deadly Overcaution, the Academic Left
by Donald Kendal December 14, 2018Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft bring you episode #169 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s episode features work from the Goldwater Institute, and the Foundation for Economic Education.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Does Starbucks Think Virtue Signaling Can “Save the Planet”?
by Paul Driessen December 3, 2018Will corporate and government green-washing save Earth from inflated or phony eco scares?
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedGovernmentHealth CarePodcastRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep157) – M4A Tax Burden, Hurricane Florence, Debate: Should Gov. Compensate Banned Businesses?
by Donald Kendal September 14, 2018Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft present episode #157 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from the Illinois Policy Institute, the Civitas Institute, and National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
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Budgets/Taxes
To Reduce Urban Violence, Let’s Consider the Real Causes — Not Guns, Police or ‘Low’ Taxes
by Chris Talgo August 29, 2018To solve a problem, one must first diagnose its cause. This rings true in all walks of life. Yet this fundamental principle seems to be ignored when the problems of inner-city crime and poverty are considered.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedHealth CareLibertyPodcastRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep135) – Sugar Cartel, Right to Earn a Living, Trump Work Requirements
by Donald Kendal April 13, 2018John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #135 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Cato Institute, the Goldwater Institute, and the Heartland Institute.
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Education
School Choice Can Help Defeat Poverty—But Only If Government Gets Out of the Way
by Teresa Mull February 23, 2018In January, 6.7 million people are gathering to celebrate and demand more school choice at some 30,000 events and rallies nationwide, yet government schools continue to usurp the role of parents at an alarming pace.
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ConstitutionGovernmentPolitics
According to NBC, Researchers Disagree with Trump About Gun Law
by Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold November 17, 2017As with every mass shooting, the mainstream media has been promoting the idea that Devin Patrick Kelly’s firearm was responsible for killing almost 30 people during a Sunday church service in Texas.
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Budgets/Taxes
Cook County Soda Tax Repeal Gives Taxpayers a Halloween Treat
by Jesse Hathaway November 8, 2017As Halloween passes, lawmakers in cities across the country should take a cue from Cook County, Illinois and give taxpayers a treat by ditching burdensome sin taxes, including excise taxes on soda and other sweetened beverages.
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Climate ChangePolitics
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Officials Demand More Climate Hysterics
by Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold June 30, 2017Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner must ignore Illinois’ “Dumbocrats” who are intent on imposing Chicken Little nonsense on the citizens of Illinois, as it’s a recipe for disaster.