Senator Chuck Grassley’s Finance Committee recently disclosed findings from a review of 10 non-profit hospitals in the United States which questioned whether these giant corporations provide enough charity care to merit their tax breaks. Such hospitals have been scrutinized for several years now, and the suspicion surrounding their non-profit status isn’t new.

PORTLAND, ORE. (CSM) - A flotilla of 100 fishing boats, rafts, and kayaks crossed the Willamette River to a downtown park in Portland, Ore., the other evening to rally for the Pacific Northwest's reigning icon: wild salmon, now plummeting toward extinction due to development across much of the Columbia River basin.

European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes is touring the United States this week. Her visit comes during a nasty spat between the commission and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that could seriously hurt technology businesses and consumers.

SAN FRANCISCO – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign a bill that will squash the decades-old cable monopoly by making it easier for new competitors to enter the market. The cable franchise reform bill (AB 2987), supported by both parties, will replace the old system where video providers had to negotiate with thousands of slow-moving municipalities for the opportunity to serve customers.

When I heard Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speak about his health care plan this January, I found him convincing, as would any free market conservative. It is not a market principle, he argued, that we should force other people to pay for goods or services we use. And yet, much of American health care is built around that principle: the government, the company, the health plan—somebody else—has to pay for my health care.

Hold on to your hats -- California lawmakers have finally done something even the most jaded critic will appreciate. It's called cable franchise reform, and it will have a positive impact on California and the entire nation.

The nation’s first Labor Day celebrations were held by the Central Labor Union in New York City in 1882. By 1894 every state was celebrating the accomplishments of American workers. While all states claim to be pro-labor, some have proven more effective at creating jobs for their labor force than others. Jobs follow economic freedom, not economic regulation. A recent article published by Forbes names Virginia the best place in America to do business… and where there is business there are jobs.