With FCC Likely to Mostly Stick to Cable Franchising Fee Plan, Suits Probable
The FCC seeks to “limit municipal greed” with a “pro-consumer move” that “simply enforces the intention of federal law to limit the financial demands municipalities can make of cable providers,” wrote IPI president Tom Giovanetti. Some cities place a franchise fee on internet services, prohibited by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, he said: “When government imposes on companies, they end up being passed along” to consumers “in the form of higher prices.”
Don't Blame Drugmakers for Exorbitant Prices, Blame the Middlemen
If the president is serious about lowering out-of-pocket drug spending, he needs to shine a light on middlemen and insurer practices.
France's Rollback of Carbon Taxes Seems Like a Setback for Environmentalists, But Progressives Are Determined to Impose Them
Imposing carbon and gasoline taxes is not about ways to pay for needed government services. It’s about progressives trying to fund their climate change agenda.
Replacing Unpopular Steel Tariffs With Quotas Is Even Worse for US Energy
If administration officials substitute steel tariffs for quotas, American energy firms would still struggle to secure the parts they need.They could be forced to postpone or cancel many pipeline projects.
A Free-market "Yes" to Texas High-Speed Rail
The genius of private infrastructure is that we can grow the Texas economy without growing the Texas government.
Better Ways Than Trump's Plan to Address Prescription Drug Prices
Austin's Affordable Housing Problem
'Oh, Yes - I Shot J.R.!' Ted Cruz's Dad Tells the Real Story of Seeing JFK in Dallas
Two years after now-President Donald Trump accused him of a connection to the 1963 Dallas assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the father of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is somehow magnanimously able to laugh about it. “Oh, yes — I shot J.R.!” he said jokingly in a conversation at a recent Dallas luncheon hosted by the Institute for Policy Innovation.
Brown's Decision to Test Presidential Waters Shows Hope Springs Eternal
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who just won re-election to a third term in the Senate, recently responded to a question from the Cincinnati Enquirer about a presidential bid, “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t considering it.”

