Last week, Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) vetoed South Dakota House Bill 1193. For doing so, she should be applauded for taking a proactive stance against this misguided effort. HB 1193 would redefine the definition of money to exclude digital currencies like Bitcoin. Worse, the bill would have amended South Dakota’s Uniform Commercial Code to recognize …
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As net-zero policies wreak havoc federally, individual states desire to stymie its ruinous consequence. The Commonwealth of Kentucky wants to implement measures to shield their electric grid from instability wrought by unreliable, costly renewable energy adoption. The General Assembly is deliberating legislation, Senate Bill 4, to remedy this issue. If passed, the bill would require the …
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Florida could soon add a right to hunt and fish amendment to its state constitution. A joint resolution, presented as House Joint Resolution 1157 and Senate Joint Resolution 1234, is currently being deliberated in the state legislature. The provision, if passed, would create Section 28 to Article I of Florida’s constitution to “preserve in perpetuity hunting and fishing …
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Democracy, for once, isn’t dying in darkness. The Washington Post, an outlet all-in for net-zero energy, conceded recent whale deaths off the Atlantic Coast spell doom for the Biden administration’s offshore wind prospects. “The humpback was one of nine large whales to get stranded over six weeks on or near beaches in the Northeast, not …
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With education reform taking center stage, states are pushing school choice reforms during the annual National School Choice Week happening this week. The appetite for school choice is there. Why? There’s a healthy and growing distrust among parents with entrusting corrupt teachers’ unions (who selfishly put themselves ahead of students) with their kids– a change …
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As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sets its sights on the United States, federal and state lawmakers are taking proactive steps to combat this threat. How so? By banning CCP-affiliated individuals, governments, and firms from purchasing U.S. farmland. The motivation behind this is two-fold: protecting national security interests while safeguarding food security. This issue rose …
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A proposed wind energy project on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land pending approval by the Biden administration would devastate southern Idaho’s Magic Valley region. The Lava Ridge Wind Project, if approved, would comprise 400 turbines across 73,000 acres of BLM lands spanning Jerome, Lincoln and Minidoka counties. Individual turbines could stand as tall as …
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As a historic bomb cyclone ravages much of the country, this extreme weather event has killed at least 20 people and put travel at a standstill. And it doesn’t help those in distress –or without power – feel secure when many in the media fear monger about climate change correlating with winter weather. Continue reading at Townhall.com
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses the biggest threat to the United States. Even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the embattled intelligence agency, understands this, writing, “The counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the …
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Although the midterm elections were a mixed bag for gun owners and Second Amendment supporters, there is some good news on the horizon. Gun control is all but effectively dead in the House of Representatives going forward. The Senate, however, is somewhat troublesome with Democrats now having a 51-49 edge over Republicans—even with Senator Kyrsten …
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