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2010-August6 FYI: JMI to Host Florida Transparency Summit featuring Andrew Breitbart (PDF)

Posted 08/06/2010

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2010 – July27 Press Release: Summer Journal “The Quest for Excellence Should Not Be Absent from the Debate on Teacher Pay and Tenure” (PDF)

Posted 07/27/2010

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Behind the Texas Textbook Fracas (PDF)

Posted 07/19/2010

Behind the Texas Textbook Fracas
By Thomas V. DiBacco
Spring/Summer 2010 Journal
The Lone Star State historically set the standard for fairness in textbook selection.

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2010-July5 Media Citing: National Review “Give Freely” (PDF)

Posted 06/30/2010

National Review (July 5) article cites JMI’s successful efforts to counter emerging threats to philanthropic freedom resulting in first-of-its-kind legislation to protect private philanthropy. Author John Miller quotes JMI President Bob McClure and Public Affairs Director Thomas Perrin in his article “Give Freely”.

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2010-June30 Press Release: National Review Cites JMI (PDF)

Posted 06/30/2010

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2010-June30 Media Citing–Sunshine State News & Policy Director Sanchez on Tax Amnesty

Posted 06/30/2010

JMI Policy Director Bob Sanchez quoted on tax amnesty in Sunshine State News article “Florida Gives Another Break to Tax Scofflaws” by Ken Ward.
Excerpt:
….Beginning Thursday, the state of Florida will waive penalties on back taxes owed by businesses and individuals. During a three-month window closing Sept. 30, all applicable interest fees also will be cut …

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2010-June14 FYI: JMI Adds Development Grant Writer

Posted 06/14/2010

Jill Mattox has joined The James Madison Institute as a Development Grant Writer.   Jill brings extensive experience in foundation research/proposal writing, including previous work with the Family Research Council and other policy organizations in Washington, DC.

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2010-May27 Media Citing: Sunshine State News–President McClure on Federal Financial Reform

Posted 05/27/2010

JMI President Bob McClure quoted on federal financial reform in Sunshine State News article “Financial Overhaul Bad for Nation, Businesses” by Alex Tiegen.
Excerpt:
A member of Florida’s congressional delegation and a conservative Florida think tank say the largest federal financial regulation reform act proposed since the Great Depression doesn’t fix the problems that created the current …

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2010-May24 FYI: Author Peter Schweizer Joins JMI Research Advisory Council

Posted 05/24/2010

The Institute is pleased to announce that nationally recognized author and speaker Peter Schweizer has joined JMI’s Research Advisory Council.
Mr. Schweizer is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. A former consultant to NBC News, he also served as a member of the Ultraterrorism Study Group at the U.S. Government’s Sandia National Laboratory.
His books include:  …

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2010-May13 FYI: James Taylor, J.D. of the Heartland Institute Joins JMI Research Advisory Council

Posted 05/19/2010

The Institute is pleased to announce that James M. Taylor, J.D. has joined JMI’s Research Advisory Council .
James M. Taylor is Senior Fellow of Environment Policy at the Heartland Institute. He is the organizer of the Heartland Institute’s annual International Conference on Climate Change, the largest annual conference of its kind, bringing together the world’s leading …

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