July 6, 2011

Kansas Forms New Partnership To Take On Recidivism

Kansas spends over $300 million per year on the incarceration of some 15,000 inmates in county and state prisons, and it boasts a recidivism rate of around 43% (on par with the national average). According to Right On Crime supporter Pat Nolan, Governor Sam Brownback has decided that…

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Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs

Arkansas’s Costly Medicaid Lesson Provides Warning for Other States

When the federal Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” passed, it offered a much higher federal-state match if states expanded Medicaid welfare prog

By Jonathan Small

American Enterprise Institute

The Water Fight over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.

America's almond growers use 70 to 90 times more water than every data center in the country combined — so why is water the argument everyone's having?

By Daniel Lyons

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Why Medicare Pays More for the Same Healthcare, Depending on the Building

Most people are probably aware that where they receive their healthcare affects the price. For example, treatment in an emergency room costs more than in a prim

By Chris Denson

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