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 Editorial: Recognizing Mississippi's past
There has been a lot of hullabaloo in some quarters of the Mississippi Legislature over the construction of a Mississippi civil rights museum. After much debate about where the museum should be located, the House recently overwhelmingly passed legislation approving the long-sought museum and a Museum of Mississippi History in downtown Jackson, along with the $55 million in bonds to finance the projects. Memphis Commercial Appeal
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 SCOTT: Florida ups the Wisconsin ante
Sixty-five billion dollars is a lot of money. But when special-interest groups are used to getting $70 billion, it’s not hard to imagine the reaction when, as Florida’s newest governor, I rolled out my “jobs budget,” which called for reducing state spending by more than $5 billion, when a reduction of just $3.6 billion would have “balanced” the state budget. Washington Times
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 Trigger-happy Texas pols should rethink gun bill
Anyone who knows anything about college students should know that a good many of them have been known to imbibe now and then. Some 45 percent report binge drinking. Sometimes when this happens they do dumb, impulsive or dangerous things. No sane adult would think it's a good idea to order campuses to allow students to carry concealed handguns. But then, welcome to Texas. Read more: Charlotte Observer
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 Right-to-work law would be good for Ohio's economy
Demonstrations at the state capitols of both Ohio and Wisconsin have called attention to the issue of public-employee unionization. While the efforts of Govs. John Kasich and Scott Walker to end costly labor practices for government workers are commendable, a very good case can be made for going further, and adopting a 'right to work' law. Columbus Dispatch
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 What “Right to Work” Would Mean for Michigan
There is an effort afoot to make Michigan a “right to work” state. Unfortunately, most citizens are unaware of what “right to work” means or the implications if such a law is passed. Our purpose here is to explain the law, map the arguments for and against, and describe potential effects for Michigan should such a proposal become law. Roland Zullo, Research Scientist, Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations University of Michigan
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 Is Senate Bill 5 Bad for Ohio?
COMMENTARY | Is Senate Bill 5 bad for Ohio? That question is being debated over dinner tables and by crowds converging upon the state house in Columbus. A third hearing is tentatively scheduled for this week with a vote projected to follow soon after. The proposed law is being touted by public employees as a "union busting" measure. However, the law will reduce and not eliminate the organization's hold on employers and workers. Yahoo News
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 Don't sell false HOPE
Gov. Nathan Deal's plan to cut the lottery-funded college and pre-K scholarships is a good and necessary start to saving the program. Read more: Augusta Chronicle
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 Clemmons: Voter ID a necessity for South Carolina
Another legislative session, another year trying to secure South Carolina’s elections. It has not been an easy task this year or in previous years. During the last session, we were able to get the bill through the House, but Senate Democrats performed at their best, refused to be budged and ran out the clock. We weren’t going to let that happen this time: Getting my voter ID bill fast-tracked and on the way to passage was a high priority for House Republicans. Read more: The State
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 Scoppe: Let the governor govern; let the Legislature legislate
TO UNDERSTAND how fixated our part-time Legislature is on micromanaging the most mundane minutia of state government — and how much it distrusts governors — consider this language that lawmakers proposed to add to state law, as part of a bill that purported to give the governor control over administrative duties currently handled by the Budget and Control Board, which exists for the primary purpose of preventing governors from acting like chief executives: Read more: The State
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 Alabama Republican Party sees internal tensions building (Talbot column)
Storm clouds are gathering over Montgomery. There’s a sense of foreboding as the state Legislature prepares to convene on Tuesday. Alabama lawmakers — keenly aware of the drama playing out at statehouses in Wisconsin and Indiana — are bracing for battle over the state’s busted budget. Read more: al.com
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Features & Opinion

 
OPINION
By Dennis Cuneo
 

Much has been written about the need to expand and diversify our energy base. With the recent spike in gasoline prices and the Iranian threat to disrupt global oil supplies, some are calling for the equivalent of a Manhattan Project to develop alternative energy sources. Others say that renewables are still too expensive and that we shouldn’t encourage them at the expense of fossil fuels. The highly publicized failure of Solyndra has called into question whether the federal government should continue the U.S. Department of Energy loan program, initiated under the Bush Administration, to provide funding for alternative energy projects. Supporters of the program say that without government funding, we risk ceding leadership of the alternative energy market to China.

 

 
 FEATURE  
By Glenn McCullough, Jr.
 
On February 9 the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission did something it has not done in 34 years: approve a license (two in fact) to build two advanced nuclear reactors. For a consortium of utilities constructing two advanced nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle on the Georgia-South Carolina border, this means major strides generating 2,200 megawatts of new electricity, enough for approximately one million homes and businesses.
 
 
FEATURE  
By Dan Juneau
 
National, state, and local business groups from around the country opposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka “ObamaCare”) when it was being debated in Congress last year.
Many trade association representatives (including this writer) went to Washington to express business community concerns about the legislation and to request votes against it. History records that the legislation (all 2700 pages of nearly incomprehensible jargon) was finally enacted on party line votes in both chambers and signed into law by President Obama.
 
 
by Mike Randle
 
The headline above is of a great song from the '70s. It was by The Outlaws and was recorded in 1975 (go straight to You Tube to listen to it and bring the entire staff into your C-suite and rock on). I was a student but more like the starting shortstop for the University of Tampa Spartans baseball team in 1975.
 

 

 


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