September, 2011 - Independence Institute

CO House Republicans block state-run exchange’s grant application 0
- September 29, 2011
“Colorado House Republicans temporarily have blocked the CO Health Benefit Exchange board from applying for a $22 million grant … to set up the technology infrastructure needed to operate an online health insurance marketplace beginning in 2014” -Den Bus. Journal Continue reading →
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Triple-A Sues PATH 0
- September 29, 2011
The American Automobile Association is suing the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PATH) for raising bridge tolls. AAA doesn’t oppose tolls, but it does oppose tolls whose revenues won’t be spent on activities that have a “functional relationship to transportation.” Since these bridge tolls will be used to subsidize the new World […]
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- September 28, 2011
Newsletter September 28 2011
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Colorado School Districts Part of Mediocre Picture in International Comparison 0
- September 28, 2011
Last week I pointed you to a provocative new Rick Hess essay that asked whether education reform has paid too much attention to focusing on urban, high-poverty areas and on closing achievement gaps. Well, almost as if on cue, Jay Greene and Josh McGee write in Education Next about their new study on how suburban […]
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DC Congestion the Worst 0
- September 28, 2011
The Texas Transportation Institute has published its 2011 urban mobility report, and this year it is based on real measurements of actual congestion rather than formulas. According to the report, in 2010 the nation’s worst congestion was in Washington, DC, where the average commuter wastes 74 hours a year sitting in traffic compared with only […]
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Your medical privacy at risk: CO’s All Payer Claims Database 0
- September 28, 2011
“Enjoy your medical privacy while it lasts. As supporters claim, they cannot ‘manage’ your health care, unless they can ‘measure’ it.” – Amy Oliver Continue reading →
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