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Column: ‘Amazon tax’ is blatantly unconstitutional

With the highest public debt per capita in the nation, Connecticut's bleak fiscal outlook is causing the legislature to grasp for tax policies that require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales tax on transactions with Connecticut residents.

Column: AT&T/T-Mobile merger raises concerns of a telecom duopoly

AT&T's acquisition of its competitor, T-Mobile, will give birth to a new juggernaut in the American telecommunications industry, producing a company which can supposedly better serve its customers by providing a faster and stronger network. But is it really worth risking consumer interests?

Editorial: Pell Grant cuts threaten college affordability

Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan is causing a bit of a furor in the higher-education circuit. The budget plan, a recent version of which bears the title “Path to Prosperity,” aims to moderate what some see as a catastrophic government debt by cutting numerous government programs, reducing spend...

Possible government shutdown should prompt discussion about spending

As the April 8 deadline approaches, lawmakers in Washington are struggling to pass a budget in order to avoid a government shutdown.

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NYU’s Oxfam advocates against Wal-Mart with employee speaker tour

In a room bound by silence, the voice of one woman in NYU's philosophy building reached a stunned audience with the help of an interpreter. "My name is Aleya. I come from Bangladesh," said Aleya Akter, a sewing machine operator in a Bangladeshi factory. "I've been working for Wal-Mart since 1994.

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Feeding America reveals ‘hungry’ US areas

Not everyone who goes hungry lives below the poverty level. There is an intermediate level above the poverty line known as food insecurity, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

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Column: Cutting the budget, cutting America’s future

As a young American, it is nice to hear my leaders say that they have my generation's best interests at heart.

Ron Paul seeks return to ‘Golden Age’

Rep. Ron Paul, a Republican who wants the federal government "out of Americans' lives and wallets," spoke to more than 1,000 people in the McKimmon Center Monday night. The Texas congressman orated to applause and cheers throughout his speech, which covered topics ranging from U.S.

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Disaster-struck Japan faces power gap for months

TOKYO — The term “rolling blackouts” has become shorthand for noting one way Japan is trying to cope with its national calamity. Shorthand should not be confused with short term.