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States have different standards for reporting spending totals (opens the original)
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Usually the state budget has a precise number for how much spending it authorizes from federal funds. The budget for the fiscal year that starts in October does not. And this has raised some controversy about the topline number for how much spending the budget authorizes. But this wouldn’t even be a controversy in most states. That’s because lawmakers and journalists in other states don’t bother to include federal funding when presenting state budgets. For instance, a recent report from Senate R
Farmers step up during health crises (opens the original)
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Buying fruits and vegetables shouldn’t be frightening. Across the United States consumers place their trust in farmers to provide safe, healthy food. This summer, that trust has been shaken by a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to fresh produce. Whenever foodborne illnesses make headlines, calls for expanding government regulation are rarely far behind. Farmers and food producers already have a powerful incentive to prevent outbreaks: Their livelihoods depend on it. Our free-market s
Wooden teeth and iron men (opens the original)
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Jon Erwin’s “Young Washington” exceeded expectations in its opening weekend, taking in $19.7 million against a projected $15 million, drawing a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and even winning some grudging respect from the mainstream movie industry. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman, as institutional as film critics come, praised aspects of the Angel Studios production and called it “competent enough to create that crisp tug of schoolkid patriotism the books we read as children provided.” This l
Michigan Business Development Program’s deals are plentiful; its results are not (opens the original)
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The workhorse of the state’s business subsidy programs is not the one that gives out deals for hundreds of millions of dollars. Instead, it’s the program where assistance is limited to $10 million payouts, the Michigan Business Development Program. This program has made 875 deals since it began in 2012. But while it makes a lot of deals, it also falls short. It’s just not an effective use of taxpayer money. One of the basic problems is that it gives taxpayer money to companies and doesn’t ask fo
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