Category: Federal Government

PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: James Sherk: How Unelected Bureaucrats Sabotage Policy, Such As Trump’s—and What to Do About It

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Biden Administration ‘Full Steam Ahead’ With Electric Vehicle Integration Despite Potential Issues

Thanks to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, there’s more than $60 billion available for grid transportation investment. Plus, $5 billion is earmarked for state grants to help establish high-capacity charging stations on every highway in the United States, and an additional $2 billion for community charging. The hope, according to Alex Schroeder, executive lead…


Feds Seek Dental-Care Program Ideas From Industry, No Details on Shape It Will Take

The federal government has asked the private sector to weigh in on how companies could play a role in Canada’s national dental-care plan. The Liberals set aside $5.3 billion over the next five years to launch a dental-care program for uninsured low- and middle-income families. The have committed to starting with kids under the age…


Federal Government Sends $2B in Health Transfers, Other Funding to Provinces

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care, transit systems and classroom ventilation. Most of it is a $2-billion health transfer top-up the federal government pledged for provincial and territorial governments in March mainly to help relieve surgical backlogs. Freeland…


Most Americans Say Federal Government Actions Are Hurting Them: Poll

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans feel that federal government actions over the past six months have hurt their families and that President Joe Biden’s policies have not benefited the middle class at all. The Monmouth University poll, released on July 5, reveals that the number of Americans who are struggling financially…


The Astonishing Implications of Schedule F

Commentary Two weeks before the 2020 general election, on Oct. 21, 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order (E.O. 13957) on “Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service.” It sounds boring. Actually, it would have fundamentally changed, in the best possible way, the entire functioning of the administrative bureaucracy that rules this country in a way that…


Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Extend COVID-19 Health Funding Arrangement for States

Australia’s federal centre-left Labor government has agreed to extend the current COVID-19 health funding arrangement for states until the end of the year, meaning the 50-50 funding commitment between the states and Commonwealth, due to expire at the end of September, will remain in place. This means that the federal government will be contributing an…


Dental Care Program Could Be Nearly Double What Federal Government Originally Thought

The parliamentary budget officer says the cost of a new dental program for low- and middle-income uninsured Canadians could be nearly double what the federal government originally estimated. The program is a key element of the Liberal government’s deal with the NDP to stave off an election until 2025. The Liberals promised to provide coverage…


‘Knowledge is Power’: Constitutional Scholar Strives to Educate the Public and Rein in the Federal Government

Christin McMasters’ strategy for teaching about the U.S. Constitution is first to establish a foundation by answering why we have a government, and from there, why we have a constitution. McMasters, also known as The Liberty Belle via her blog, has initiated a North Carolina-based constitutional-advocacy crusade to answer those questions in classes, speaking engagements,…


$61.6 Million Combined Commitment to Mental Health in Western Australia

Australia’s federal and Western Australia (WA) state governments have pledged to invest $61.6 million (US$44.9 million) in mental health and suicide prevention services in the state over the next five years. As part of the agreement, the Commonwealth will put forward $35.1 million and the WA state government $26.5 million to expand mental health care…