Posted by Adam Schaeffer on August 31, 2010
By Adam Schaeffer
Nikki Haley promises to be a star governor if–most likely when–she’s elected this fall by South Carolina voters. Word is she’s a committed fiscal conservative, and her background is steeped in a successful family business, not large corporations, so she should have an intuitive grasp of what makes our economy grow. And Haley has a [...]
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Tags: Education and Child Policy, education tax credit, education tax credits, General, private tuition, school choice, senator jim demint, South Carolina | 
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Posted by Ilya Shapiro on August 4, 2010
By Ilya Shapiro
Arizona grants income tax credits for contributions made to school tuition organizations (“STOs”). STOs must use these donations for scholarships that allow students to attend private schools. This statutory scheme broadens the educational opportunities for thousands of students by enabling them to attend schools they would otherwise lack the means to attend. Still, several taxpayers [...]
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Tags: amicus brief, Education and Child Policy, education reform, education tax credits, Establishment Clause, General, Law and Civil Liberties, ninth circuit, scholarship program, school choice, Zelman | No Comments »
Posted by Adam Schaeffer on June 14, 2010
By Adam Schaeffer
Gov. McDonnell just signed a bill that will give a tax credit to the film industry. They will shell out up to $2.5 million to movie-makers in the first year and up to $5 million thereafter. Proponents say it might save money. Unfortunately, the evidence from other states suggests it will lose money.
At a [...]
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Tags: Bailout, Education and Child Policy, education tax credits, film industry, Virginia | No Comments »
Posted by Andrew J. Coulson on May 26, 2010
By Andrew J. Coulson
NRO editor Robert VerBruggen has weighed in a couple of times this week on the relative merits of school vouchers and education tax credits, raising interesting and important issues.
In response to my earlier post today about an education tax credit case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, VerBruggen writes:
If the Supreme Court buys this logic [...]
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Tags: Arizona, constitutionality, Education, Education and Child Policy, education tax credit, education tax credits, educational freedom, General, ilya shapiro, Law and Civil Liberties, school vouchers, Supreme Court, Taxes, taxpayer, voucher program | No Comments »
