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There’s Something Wrong with Enlarging the Universal Service Fund

Post author:Johnny Kampis
Post published:January 9, 2024
Post category:Broadband

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that boosts broadband service in rural and tribal areas, but would grow the troubled Universal Service Fund (USF) and increase costs to providers and consumers.The…

Justice Department Must Heed Senator’s Call to See if TVA is Limiting Broadband Buildout

Post author:Johnny Kampis
Post published:January 8, 2024
Post category:Broadband

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which distributes electricity to 153 utilities across seven states, finds itself in the crosshairs of Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and the ranking member of…

Congress Welcomes the New Year with a Budget and Tax Showdown

Post author:Michael Mohr-Ramirez
Post published:January 5, 2024
Post category:Congress

During the last several months of 2023 Congress rewrote the rules of inefficiency. In the House, Republicans spent nearly a month selecting, re-selecting, and finally electing a new Speaker of…

National Consumer Watchdog Praises Court for FDA Ruling

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:January 3, 2024
Post category:Press

For Immediate ReleaseContact: Kara Zupkus, (224)-456-0257After over two years of legal maneuverings, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has found that the U.S. Food and Drug…

American Compass Dodges KOSA’s Deficiencies

Post author:David B McGarry
Post published:January 3, 2024
Post category:Free Speech Technology

“Critics of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) are making a last-ditch bid to scare policy-makers away by invoking the specter of political censorship,” begins Chris Griswold, policy director at…

The WHO’s Credibility Nosedives Still Further, Its Funding Should Now Be Questioned

Post author:Martin Cullip
Post published:January 2, 2024
Post category:Consumer Center Harm Reduction

It is widely recognized that the World Health Organization (WHO) failed miserably to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak. Despite reports of the virus escaping the confines of China, it was…

GOP Voters in Early Primary States Express Strong Opposition to Imminent Government-Run Tax Prep System

Post author:Kara Zupkus
Post published:December 21, 2023
Post category:Taxes

With the primaries and caucuses around the corner, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released a new survey showing GOP primary voters in early voting states overwhelmingly oppose the creation of a disastrous government-run tax prep system – also known as Direct File.

State Bill of the Month — December 2023: South Carolina HB 4643

Post author:Hunter Hamberlin
Post published:December 21, 2023
Post category:State Issues

TPA’s State Bill of the Month for December 2023 is South Carolina’s HB4643, which would require county councils to develop and update a searchable budget database website, and to provide…

Bill of the Month — December 2023: Defense of Property Rights Act

Post author:Michael Mohr-Ramirez
Post published:December 20, 2023
Post category:Congress

Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Bill of the Month for November 2023 is H.R. 6785, the Defense of Property Rights Act, introduced by Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.). Background: Derived from English philosopher…

New Hampshire GOP Voters Express Strong Opposition to Imminent Government-Run Tax Prep System

Post author:Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Post published:December 20, 2023
Post category:Press

For Immediate Release Contact: Kara Zupkus, 224-456-0257 WASHINGTON D.C. – With the New Hampshire primaries around the corner, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released a new survey showing New Hampshire…