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Why Are All These California Companies Moving To Texas? Here Are A Bunch Of Reasons

A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
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California, And Particularly The Bay Area, Has Worst Regulatory Climate For Small Businesses, Study Says

A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
Business & Economics

States Where Regulations Harm Small Businesses The Most

The federal and state governments continue to impose ever-more burdensome regulations on businesses across the country. Overall, in 2014 alone, the Obama Administration imposed an estimated $181.5 billion in proposed and final regulatory costs on the U.S. economy according to a study by the American Action Forum. And, the federal ...
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Regulatory Burdens Light

Florida is no Texas when it comes to the amount of regulations its small businesses face. But at least it’s not New Jersey. The Sunshine State placed sixth in the Pacific Research Institute’s 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation, released in July. The San Francisco-based nonprofit, non-partisan think tank based ...
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The 50-State Small Business Regulation Index

Pacific Research Institute Ranks Small Business Regulation in the 50 States Indiana Ranks Best for Small Businesses; California Ranks Worst San Francisco, July 24, 2015 – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) a non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in San Francisco, today released the “The 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation,” ...
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Study: Wyo. Ranks #20 For Small Business

In a study examining regulatory burden more than tax burden, Wyoming ranked No. 20 for small-business friendliness. This stands in contrast to other studies where Wyoming has been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 for business. The 124-page study, which developed a regulatory index for each state, emerged Thursday from ...
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Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority

Too frequently politics trumps sound policy. Fast track trade negotiating authority, also known as trade promotion authority (TPA), presents an opportunity for our lawmakers and the executive branch to illustrate that good policy can still prevail. If re-authorized, TPA, which was first passed in the Trade Act of 1974, would ...
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Energy regulations drilling Wisconsinites’ wallets

If forecasts predicting another brutally cold winter are correct, Americans’ furnaces will soon be working overtime. Last year’s frigid temperatures significantly increased heating bills across the country. For instance, the cost to heat a home with propane increased by more than 50 percent. The weather is a given every year, ...
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The Regressive Impact on Ohio’s Families from EPA’s Proposed Regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed new rules on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) for existing power plants will significantly increase electricity prices, especially in states such as Ohio that rely on coal-powered electricity. The higher electricity costs will fall most heavily on lower-income families and the weight of the adverse ...
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Devaluation in a Free Trade World

A prosperous economy is created via good economic policy and then getting out of the way to let America’s amazing companies and citizens work, produce and invest. The perfect pro-growth agenda includes: a low rate flat tax, spending restraint, sound money, minimal regulation, and free trade. While bipartisan movement on ...
Business & Economics

Why Are All These California Companies Moving To Texas? Here Are A Bunch Of Reasons

A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
Business & Economics

California, And Particularly The Bay Area, Has Worst Regulatory Climate For Small Businesses, Study Says

A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
Business & Economics

States Where Regulations Harm Small Businesses The Most

The federal and state governments continue to impose ever-more burdensome regulations on businesses across the country. Overall, in 2014 alone, the Obama Administration imposed an estimated $181.5 billion in proposed and final regulatory costs on the U.S. economy according to a study by the American Action Forum. And, the federal ...
Business & Economics

Regulatory Burdens Light

Florida is no Texas when it comes to the amount of regulations its small businesses face. But at least it’s not New Jersey. The Sunshine State placed sixth in the Pacific Research Institute’s 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation, released in July. The San Francisco-based nonprofit, non-partisan think tank based ...
Business & Economics

The 50-State Small Business Regulation Index

Pacific Research Institute Ranks Small Business Regulation in the 50 States Indiana Ranks Best for Small Businesses; California Ranks Worst San Francisco, July 24, 2015 – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) a non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in San Francisco, today released the “The 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation,” ...
Business & Economics

Study: Wyo. Ranks #20 For Small Business

In a study examining regulatory burden more than tax burden, Wyoming ranked No. 20 for small-business friendliness. This stands in contrast to other studies where Wyoming has been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 for business. The 124-page study, which developed a regulatory index for each state, emerged Thursday from ...
Business & Economics

Congress should pass Trade Promotion Authority

Too frequently politics trumps sound policy. Fast track trade negotiating authority, also known as trade promotion authority (TPA), presents an opportunity for our lawmakers and the executive branch to illustrate that good policy can still prevail. If re-authorized, TPA, which was first passed in the Trade Act of 1974, would ...
Business & Economics

Energy regulations drilling Wisconsinites’ wallets

If forecasts predicting another brutally cold winter are correct, Americans’ furnaces will soon be working overtime. Last year’s frigid temperatures significantly increased heating bills across the country. For instance, the cost to heat a home with propane increased by more than 50 percent. The weather is a given every year, ...
Business & Economics

The Regressive Impact on Ohio’s Families from EPA’s Proposed Regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed new rules on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) for existing power plants will significantly increase electricity prices, especially in states such as Ohio that rely on coal-powered electricity. The higher electricity costs will fall most heavily on lower-income families and the weight of the adverse ...
Business & Economics

Devaluation in a Free Trade World

A prosperous economy is created via good economic policy and then getting out of the way to let America’s amazing companies and citizens work, produce and invest. The perfect pro-growth agenda includes: a low rate flat tax, spending restraint, sound money, minimal regulation, and free trade. While bipartisan movement on ...
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