Tag Archives: Regulation

Texas vs. California Update for May 22, 2017

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Lawrence Person

We’re in the home stretch of hammering out the Texas biannual state budget, which has to be completed by May 29. Until then, enjoy another Texas vs. California roundup: Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Texas is once again … Continue reading →

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A Bad American Thinker Piece on Marijuana

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Paul Ingrassia makes “The Case against Legalizing Marijuana.” It’s a bad piece because it asks the wrong questions, and thus comes to the wrong conclusions. It approaches the question from a harm/benefit analysis angle, without ever pausing to ask: Why … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 21, 2017

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday’s huge Texas vs. California update sucked up all my time, so today’s LinkSwarm is a little lite. Texas residents should remember that tomorrow kicks off a preparedness sales tax holiday, giving you a chance to purchase batteries, fire extinguishers, … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for April 20, 2017

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Lawrence Person

This didn’t get done while I was doing my taxes, but here, at last, is another giant Texas vs. California update: Appeals court finds San Diego’s pension reform legal. “California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal unanimously overturned a 2015 state … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare Repeal: The Dam Breaks

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Lawrence Person

After a couple of weeks of President Trump and GOP House leadership insisting “Nope, this is it! Kiss this pig or it’s nothing!” and conservatives replying “Die in a fire!” it looks like the GOP establishment has finally gotten the … Continue reading →

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Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus at CPAC

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Considered including this in Friday’s LinkSwarm, but decided this panel with Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus at CPAC was important enough for a separate post. A few points: As previously reported, there’s none of the discord here between Bannon and … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 17, 2017

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Absent from this roundup is who really got National Security Advisor Mike Flynn axed, because there’s not enough time in the world to read all those links… Illegal alien convicted of that voting fraud Democrats … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for February 15, 2017

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to another Texas vs. California Roundup! California Governor Jerry Brown wants to hike gas taxes by 42% to bail out CalPERS. Brown’s pension reforms have failed: Since 2012 passage of his much-heralded changes to state retirement laws for public … Continue reading →

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Trump Starts Bringing a Rogue EPA to Heel

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Lawrence Person

President Trump is wasting no time in cleaning up Obama Administration messes where it’s possible to do so by executive order. One over the weekend started reigning in the EPA. “The Trump administration instituted a media blackout at the Environmental … Continue reading →

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Rep. Sam Johnson to Retire

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Lawrence Person

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson of the Texas Third Congressional district (northeast of Dallas, including Plano and McKinney) has announced that he’s retiring at the end of his term. Like Sen. John McCain, Johnson served as a military pilot who was … Continue reading →

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