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Favoritism and Cronyism Flourish in Mississippi
By[email protected] June 3, 2014April 16, 2026

When a new megadeal with a corporation moving to Mississippi is announced, politicians hold a news conference, cut a cake, boast about the number of jobs created and toss some dirt with gold shovels. But recently published research by Christopher Coyne and Lotta Moberg of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University casts major doubt…

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How the New Benghazi Committee Can Drive the Investigation Forward
By[email protected] June 3, 2014April 16, 2026

The new House special committee to investigate the Benghazi terrorist attacks wields broad legal authority to do its job. The panel can access classified documents not available to the press or public and to subpoena witnesses—with consequences for those who refuse to talk. Hans von Spakovsky, a Heritage Foundation legal expert who formerly worked for…

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Exclusive: Sharyl Attkisson on Journalism’s Very Dangerous Trend
By[email protected] June 3, 2014April 27, 2026

Sharyl Attkisson, an award-winning investigative reporter who resigned from CBS News earlier this year, says the news media are heading down a dangerous path with attempts to “censor or block stories” that don’t align with their preferred agenda. “There’s a tendency in the news media, on the part of some managers, to censor or block…

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Full Disclosure: Did Government’s Experiment on Preemies Hide Risks?
By[email protected] June 3, 2014April 16, 2026

Just 25 weeks into her pregnancy, Sharrissa Cook gave birth to a critically ill baby boy. Dreshan weighed in at a fragile 1 pound, 11 ounces. He lay motionless in the incubator, connected to tubes and monitors in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. “He was so tiny,”…

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Sam Brownback Explains How Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Hurts States
By[email protected] June 3, 2014April 17, 2026

Many states are succumbing to pressure to expand their Medicaid programs with promises from the federal government under Obamacare to cover the initial costs. But Gov. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., says that is bad policy and ultimately will be a bad financial deal for states. In an interview with Daily Signal senior contributor Genevieve Wood, Brownback explains…

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