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More Red Tape No Solution for Red Tape

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports that Internal Revenue Service employees began using “inappropriate criteria” in 2010 when considering the applications of Tea Party organizations for 501(c)(4) tax exempt status. This included subjecting groups with “Tea Party,” “Patriots,” … Continue reading

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Time to Cut Bait at the Game and Fish Department

When the Game and Fish Commission was created by legislation passed in 1921, the role of the Game and Fish department was to protect, propagate, preserve and distribute “Game animals, birds and fish of this State.” Now, the department’s mission has morphed to “conserving wildlife – serving people.” This loose definition helps to explain the expansion of the Game and Fish department’s activities to pretty much anything that could possibly have anything to do with any animal or person in the state. Continue reading

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Colorado Sheriffs, Magpul file Lawsuit Challenging New Colorado Gun Laws

Today, 54 of Colorado’s elected county sheriffs joined Magpul Industries and numerous other plaintiffs to file a lawsuit against Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.  The suit challenges two laws passed in this year’s legislative session in Colorado and signed into law … Continue reading

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Political Privacy, 2012: Nixon Redux?

More troubling news pours out of Washington concerning the Obama administration’s intrusive investigation of all facets of American society. Late Monday, the Associated Press reported that the administration had seized some two months of AP employees’ personal and private phone … Continue reading

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Taking the Tourism Industry off the Dole

Tourism is a lucrative industry that employs lots of people. Chris Brown, the executive director of the Wyoming Travel Industry Coalition, claims that if the government stops funding tourism advertising, the industry will lose market share and the state will … Continue reading

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“Government is Us”: Ironic Anti-Gun Rhetoric Continues

Over the last few months the President has said a few very revealing things about his political and legal philosophy. As I discussed in January when the President unveiled his anti-gun agenda, he intimates the Bill of Rights is not … Continue reading

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Should Capital Gains Fund Wyoming State Government?

A blog written by Amy Edmonds and me (“Tax Revenues Suffer from Sluggish Wyoming Economy”) about the tax revenue structure of the Wyoming state government gave rise to important questions. Among them, some people have questioned why we simply cannot … Continue reading

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WyLiberty Attorneys Argue Appeal in Free Speech Case

DENVER, CO – Wyoming Liberty Group attorneys presented oral arguments to the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission today.  The appeal follows the dismissal of the case by the United States District Court … Continue reading

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Key Liberty Votes 2013

It’s Baaaaack… the 2013 Key Liberty Votes is out and available for your reading pleasure. Or your reading displeasure, given some of the bills passed this year:  Like the past two editions, we look at six votes in each House … Continue reading

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Video: Is the Current System of Campaign Finance Broken?

On April 18, Ben Barr joined Dave Mason, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission to debate against new efforts of campaign finance “reform” in Washington, DC.  Their opponents were Marc Elias, former general counsel to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 … Continue reading

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