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Iowa voters can play a critical role in encouraging the presidential candidates to explain how they would deal with the $18 trillion federal debt, according to a guest column this week in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. “Voters deserve to hear…

Last year the IRS hung up 544,000 times on taxpayers because the agency could not deal with everyone who needed information -- a practice it bafflingly describes as “courtesy disconnects.” That statistic was troubling enough. But this year the number…

Last week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new method of paying for health care services, using its authority under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to scale up payment reforms that have been shown to save…

The country needs a revitalized bipartisan discussion about the national debt and related fiscal challenges, according to Phil LaRue, a former senior advisor on Capitol Hill who recently joined The Concord Coalition as its director of government relations. “The Congressional…

Controversy over the Confederate flag has apparently stalled congressional work on spending plans for the coming fiscal year, raising concerns about the possibility of a government shutdown this fall and underscoring the need for party leaders to begin serious bipartisan…

In a good example of history repeating itself, Congress for the second year in a row is going down to the wire on a mid-summer deadline to replenish the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of money. If lawmakers…

The Concord Coalition on Thursday honored Mitch Daniels and Evan Bayh III -- two former Indiana governors who built strong fiscal records in the state -- with the 2015 Paul E. Tsongas Economic Patriot Award. “Both of our honorees this…

Federal officials could take some lessons from the success of many state leaders in developing responsible budgets, according to former elected officials and others at a recent panel discussion in Washington. “There is something about being a governor that seems…