Government spending
Maryland lawmakers want to strengthen regulations that increase health care costs
A bill is advancing in the Maryland General Assembly that, if passed, could make health care more expensive for the state's residents. In February, state Rep. Bonnie Cullison (D–Aspen Hill) introduced House Bill (H.B.)…
Mamdani wants to spend millions of government grocery stores amid huge deficit
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing a tough reality check. Just a few months into office, the new mayor's dreams of free buses, free child care, and government-run grocery stores are running into the brick wall of…
Trump can’t fix the federal budget by cracking down on fraud
With a few days' perspective on the State of the Union address, which grows ever closer in spirit and content to outtakes from the prophetic 2006 comedy Idiocracy, it's worth revisiting one of Milton Friedman's…
Withholding $260 million from Minnesota won’t win the Medicaid fraud war
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Vice President J.D. Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Mehmet Oz are withholding "$259.5 million in funds…until Walz can…
So much for abolishing the Department of Education
On the campaign trail in 2024, Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to close the Department of Education and return oversight of public schooling to the states. Trump has a habit of throwing undercooked ideas around, but this…
Deploying troops to U.S. cities cost half a billion dollars in 2025
After threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to put down sometime-violent protests in Minneapolis with military force, President Donald Trump appears to have backed off, standing-down the troops slated for deployment.…
The U.S. government is partially shut down until Congress gets back to work on Tuesday—and maybe longer
The federal government is partially shut down, at least until the U.S. House of Representatives gets back to work on Tuesday. The Senate did vote for a deal—one that President Donald Trump approves of—over the weekend, but…
There are no good reasons to subsidize stadiums. Governments keep doing it.
This year's Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will feature several interesting story lines: Sam Darnold's redemption arc, Mike Vrabel's coaching job, and the Seahawks hoping…
South Carolina gave $1.3 billion to Scout Motors. It’s already $150 million over budget.
In March 2023, Scout Motors announced it would spend $2 billion to build an electric vehicle (E.V.) factory in South Carolina. The company, a newly launched subsidiary of Volkswagen, would build electric trucks and SUVs. CEO…
Why Zohran Mamdani’s ‘free childcare’ plan won’t work for New York City
"While families with young children comprise about 14 percent of the city's population, they comprise about 30 percent of the set of New Yorkers who are leaving the city," said Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at a…
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