Op-Ed: Department of Education Guidance Would Make Online Learning More Costly

The coronavirus pandemic led to a dramatic increase in remote learning in schools, including colleges and universities. As efforts by teachers’ unions to keep schools closed remained successful, online program managers (OPMs) became vital to ensuring that the nation’s college students were not completely neglected.

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Standard General Appeals FCC’s Hands-Off Maneuver Regarding its TEGNA Merger

Standard General has made a formal appeal to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the FCC’s Media Bureau’s decision to send the review of the company’s possible acquisition of Tegna to an administrative law judge, arguing that the move will “torpedo” the deal.

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Parroting Vaping Opponents, FDA is Putting Alarmism Over Science

In December, an independent review by the Reagan Udall Foundation found the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is in dire need of reforms. The main concern was that the Center was lacking in transparency and has an underlying conflict between policies over science.

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Consumer Watchdog Group Slams Raising Deposit-Insurance Limit

As lawmakers from both parties consider proposals on raising the deposit-insurance limit, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) expresses serious concerns. Under the guise of helping select consumers, all banking customers would see banking costs increase and be harmed by plans to increase or expand the current cap of $250,000 on deposit insurance.

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance Releases its 2023 Issues Briefs: Roadmap to Fiscal Sanity

The 118th Congress came into session at a pivotal and perilous time. At the end of 2022, lawmakers passed a hastily conceived $1.7 trillion government spending bill filled with pork-barrel spending and corporate welfare.

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance Releases its 2023 Issues Briefs: Roadmap to Fiscal Sanity

The 118th Congress came into session at a pivotal and perilous time. At the end of 2022, lawmakers passed a hastily conceived $1.7 trillion government spending bill filled with pork-barrel spending and corporate welfare.

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance Releases its 2023 Issues Briefs: Roadmap to Fiscal Sanity

The 118th Congress came into session at a pivotal and perilous time. At the end of 2022, lawmakers passed a hastily conceived $1.7 trillion government spending bill filled with pork-barrel spending and corporate welfare.

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Analyzing Bad Software Contracts Can Deliver Savings and a Bipartisan Win

There are two things that don’t seem to happen a lot on Capitol Hill these days. The first is genuine and constructive bipartisan compromise when there isn’t a government funding deadline. The other rarity is any honest attempt to reduce taxpayer costs by the federal government.

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