Ken Girardin
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@PolicyEngineer
Fellow, @ManhattanInst Individual freedom, empiricism, infants, innovation and Instant Pot. Primary sources please. All opinions my own.
I was devastated to learn I was having a baby boy. I’m far from alone. slate.trib.al/R5ikym7
NEW: The @NYWFP decided not to endorse @EspaillatNY over his record on Israel, specifically his reluctance to support the Block the Bombs Act. @ZohranKMamdani endorsed his challenger @DarializaforNY last night. "I think Espaillat missed the moment," one person said.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she and legislative leaders also have committed to $165 million in additional aid for Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, Albany and Mount Vernon in future years. wxxinews.org/new-york-publi…
New York State Liquor Authority makes it easier for bars, restaurants to allow dancing… bit.ly/4uEZHNi
Property tax relief for seniors is getting framed as young people vs. old people, but the real problem is that nobody feels secure in housing anymore. Young families are getting crushed by rent, insurance, interest rates, groceries, and childcare. Seniors are getting crushed by taxes, insurance, utilities, groceries, and fixed incomes. Cheering when an 80 year old gets priced out of a paid off house does not make rent cheaper for a 30 year old. It just proves the system has gotten so broken that everyone is fighting over who deserves stability the least.
if a doctor who graduated medical school says you need something, it should be illegal for someone sitting behind an insurance desk with absolutely zero medical training to deny you coverage...
"There is evidence from job-postings data and industry associations that Connecticut would have more manufacturing jobs if employers could find all the workers they need.” ctinsider.com/business/artic…
Progressives cheer as Mamdani robs the future to waste money in the present trib.al/BuNURgm
.@JonCampbellNY asks @GovKathyHochul if she'd reverse a state policy barring state legislators from collecting paychecks until they pass a budget, she says "this is how it's been." Adds she doesn't mind if her paycheck is also withheld (it's not under state law).
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved a framework for establishing how large energy users, including data centers, will pay for the costs they place on Minnesota’s electric system. “Minnesota is preparing for a future with growing electricity demand, and we have...
I'm eager to see what comes from COGE. If the commission reflects a wide range of perspectives, and doesn't rule out approaches that have worked well elsewhere on ideological or partisan grounds, this commission could do an enormous amount of good. One excellent place to start: a recent proposal from @nicholas_bagley (published in @VitalCityNYC), a center-left legal academic with sterling credentials, that speaks directly to the efficiency challenge facing local and state government, NYC included: vitalcitynyc.org/public-sector-… Quote below: Why not limit public-sector unions to negotiating over wages? It’s not a fanciful proposal; that’s what Wisconsin did in 2011. Wisconsin’s law went too far in some respects and not far enough in others; its exception for police and firefighter unions was unprincipled, and it has now drawn a serious equal-protection challenge. But the idea has much to be said for it. Whatever the right approach may be, Democrats who worry about public safety, urban schools and the fiscal health of our cities ought to be open to rethinking the bargain we struck with public-sector unions five decades ago. Just 7.3 million people belong to public-sector unions, or about 2% of the population. They deserve a voice in our politics. But they shouldn’t have the power to shout the rest of us down.
