A new report out of Pivotal Research Group investment analysts indicates that broadcasting giant CBS could be set to make $1 billion per year in retransmission fees, aided by a pro-broadcaster Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a highly regulated TV marketplace regime that
While domestic wood products have long suffered due to the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) persistence in recognizing only Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) products for certification, other departments and leaders are continually recognizing the value that the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)
Revenue numbers for May 2012 have been calculated in New Hampshire and there is good news for Granite State residents. Not only did May revenues beat expectations; revenue from the state’s cigarette tax, which was cut by 10 cents per
The European Union has established an Emissions Trading Scheme which taxes all airlines including American carriers on carbon emissions, even while they are flying over the United States. Yes, you read that correctly. If a plane takes off in San
As more cities around the country have moved to deploy speed cameras in recent years, scrutiny of speed camera vendors has increased. While those companies typically tout speed cameras as a method of enhancing public safety, camera skeptics see more
Bothered about the prospect of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials patting you or your kids down? Ever go through security at Philadelphia International Airport? If the answers to both of those questions are “yes,” you might want to stop reading
Rhode Island’s plague of cigarette tax evasion by those looking to capitalize on the Ocean State’s demand for cheap smokes appears to continue. That is the takeaway from recent announcements by the Rhode Island Division of Taxation, which in the
As the policy debate regarding how best to ameliorate what some style the “spectrum crunch” affecting wireless broadband providers plays out in Washington, D.C., TV broadcasters are trumpeting some new statistics that demonstrate the popularity of broadcast media with the
Misguided emotions, union misbehavior, and government intervention on behalf of Big Labor are collectively combining to threaten jobs and are putting in danger any potential deal between American Airlines and U.S. Airways which might serve to save American. This most
As Illinois faces a $2.7 billion hole in its Medicaid budget, the AP reports that legislators have voted to cut benefits in an effort to bring program costs under control: Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, said the Medicaid program will fall apart without
A group of industry heavyweights have asked a top House Republican to put the breaks on the federal government’s likely adoption of new green building standards, a letter obtained by Breitbart News shows. After a Congressional hearing last week examining
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), a proponent of free market television and video marketplace reform, says in a new interview that “obsolete regulations have held back innovation and growth” in this fast-changing area of the economy. As congressional attention has increasingly
What would happen if you decided to suddenly stop paying your cable bill? Obviously, the cable company in question would not tolerate your negligence for very long, and after some time, would certainly shut off your access to channels full
April revenues have been totaled in New Hampshire, and there is more good news for advocates of last year’s cigarette tax cut. In the fourth month of the year, revenues from the tax were up and cigarette tax revenue continues to outperform estimates.
As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces a recall election in a little over a month, Chief Executive magazine has some good news for the embattled limited government hero: The Badger State keeps rising in the Chief Executive Best States/Worst States list,
As previously noted, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is proposing a $1 per pack tax increase on cigarettes, aimed at helping to eliminate a $2.7 billion shortfall in the Prairie State’s Medicaid funding. However, those keeping tabs on Medicaid negotiations in Springfield
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn last year signed into law massive increases in personal and corporate income tax rates. However, that hasn’t kept Quinn’s state from facing ongoing budget holes caused by high spending. Medicaid is costing the Land of Lincoln
Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Robert Phillips is urging a $1 per pack cut to the state’s cigarette tax. Meanwhile, the Ocean State’s Independent governor, former Republican U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee, is pushing for a 4-cent tobacco tax increase. Phillips’ move
The Washington Post reports that a bureau of the Commerce Department has suffered a major cybersecurity breach that has put it into the “bureaucratic Dark Ages”: The virus struck in an e-mail 81 days ago, flagged by a federal team that monitors cyberthreats. The
New Hampshire, a notoriously tax-averse state, has liberals clamoring for tax hikes with recent news that state revenues for March were down slightly as against last year’s takings. In the immediate sights of would-be revenue-enhancers? The Granite State’s cigarette tax.
On Tuesday, a federal court chucked out Colorado’s “Amazon Tax” law, with U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn writing that “the veil provided by the words of the act and the regulations is too thin to support the conclusion that the act and
A battle is currently brewing in the U.S. Senate over dueling pieces of cybersecurity legislation aimed at protecting against cyberespionage and other forms of cybercriminality, including hacking. American firms and government officials are concerned about better preventing and punishing activities
Hide your kids, hide your wife: the scourge of the grocery market remains on the lam. Fortunately, courageous legislators have assumed the burden of this great responsibility to ban plastic bags nationwide and, in the process, throttle the manufacturing sector.
In a move that surprised some observers, Maryland’s Senate recently passed a plan that, while raising taxes, increased tobacco taxes by a much more modest amount than pro-tax groups had hoped and some taxpayer advocates had feared. Maryland’s House, meanwhile, has
Chicagoist reports that Illinois’ attempt to force out-of-state, online-only retailers to collect and remit use tax where they advertise online with an “affiliate” based in-state has proved to be a massive failure: When House Bill 3659, otherwise known as the “Amazon
