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Does the Mother Road Need Big Government?

Trait Thompson, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, is now a member of the Route 66 Centennial Commission. Nominated by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the bureaucrat joins representatives from Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and his home state whom The Swamp has tasked to “study and recommend in a report […]

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Paying for Your Golden Years, and Theirs

Local- and state-government employees need a dose of reality.

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Surviving D.C.’s Debt Disaster

Utah’s chances are good — but New Mexico…

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Draining the Swamp, from a Distance

What states are doing to combat D.C.’s dysfunction