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From Promise to Peril: How Medicaid Expansion Is Breaking Montana
  • Jonathan Bain

In 2014, states were given the option to expand their Medicaid programs to an entirely new class of able-bodied adults through the Affordable Care Act—more commonly known as ObamaCare. As a result, roughly two dozen states immediately opted into the program while the rest of the country remained more cautious. Unfortunately, this caution was short-lived in Montana, as the state ultimately took the bait and expanded in 2016.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Power of Work in Arkansas

Every corner of Arkansas will tell you that one of the biggest challenges is a strong demand for workers. That’s why Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is changing the way the state government operates.

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Why Governor Sanders is Arkansas’s Education Governor

As a mom of three kids—three kids who each learn in different ways—Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is committed to an education that works for every Arkansas student.

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High Income Tax States Fail to Provide Improved Government Services Despite Increased Spending
  • Michael Greibrok

The Left often argues that state income taxes should be raised to pay for government services like public education and transportation infrastructure. Proponents of these tax hikes call them “public investments,” but do higher income taxes lead to better governance?

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How Governor Sanders is Making Arkansas Stronger

What’s the most important thing the government can do? Watch to see what Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders says.

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Trump’s Education Pitch Would Help Families

The candidates are making their closing arguments in swing states, but only one of them is using policy to woo voters.

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Landry’s Tax Plans Would Keep Louisiana Competitive
  • Paige Terryberry

Jeff Landry is committed to making his first year as governor a historic one for Louisiana – he has already worked successfully with the legislature to address crime and to reform education by creating a school choice scholarship program. Now he has turned his attention to tax reform.

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Is There A Way To Save Rural Hospitals?
  • Hayden Dublois

The Harris-Walz campaign has revealed its plan to leverage big-government programs to attract doctors to rural hospitals. But will there be any rural hospitals left?

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Waivers Gone Wild: The Next Wave in Waiver Abuse
  • Jonathan Bain, Jonathan Ingram

There are eight million open jobs nationwide, but employers are struggling to fill these vacancies. Even worse, inflation is rampant, and the economy remains stagnant. Meanwhile, able-bodied adults continue to flood the food stamp rolls.

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NIH Is Spending Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Equity Instead of on Medical Breakthroughs
  • FGA

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a government agency focusing on scientific research and discovery that can save lives.

However, NIH has recently fallen prey to the Left’s radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology.

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Speaker Charles McCall on Making Oklahoma a “Fly-To State”
  • FGA

Oklahoma’s economy is booming, its families are thriving, and it has become a destination state thanks to years of conservative government.

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States Should Look to Florida’s “Super” Example to Protect Taxpayers 
  • Paige Terryberry

Across the country, states are lowering personal income taxes. While this is encouraging, volatile economic and political winds ensure that nothing is forever.

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Medicaid Expansion Cost $1 Trillion, Double The Estimate — Harris Would Make It Worse
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Gov. Cooper Puts Parents In Detention, Vetoes School-Choice Funding
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Harris Economy Will Spike Your Taxes By $1,100 and Make America's Working Class Suffer
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