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Ballot initiatives and public petitions have long been the raw expression of popular will in American democracy. These tools give everyday citizens the power to propose laws, challenge entrenched interests, and compel action where legislatures refuse to lead. But in 2025, it is absurd that many states still insist on “wet” signatures, signatures executed in ink, on paper, in person, as the exclusive proof of a citizen’s support for an idea that might appear on a ballot. This

Charlie Kirk challenged the left’s attempts to soak the rich with higher taxes as self-defeating. There is no better example of this than the proposed billionaire’s tax in California. In the November 2026 election California citizens will vote on a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. The tax would be due in 2026, but billionaires would have the option of paying the wealth tax in annual installments of 1% over five years. The tax would be based

A Colorado citizens have launched a new property tax revolt not unlike that launched by Proposition 13 in California during the 1970s. Double digit inflation rates resulted in increased home values accompanied by sharp increase in assessed values and property taxes.

Across the nation, government and business leaders are engaged in an ongoing effort to stimulate economic recovery and growth. This should result in bringing prices down and thereby increasing the affordability of the costs of living and doing business. While the current annual inflation rate for the 12 months ending in November 2025 is down to 2.74% -- down from 3.0% in September, it is still above the 2 percent target inflation rate set by the Federal Reserve. [...]