by Larry L. Bertsch From the tax deadline to healthcare regulations, there are several key changes this year that everyone should be aware of before their next tax preparation to ensure they’re in full compliance with the new laws. Tax Changes for 2017 It’s always wise to keep up with updated laws to avoid unnecessary…

  There’s no such thing as a “free” lunch. We’ve heard that line many times from our parents, and we recite the expression to our children and grandchildren. Milton Friedman also canonized the phrase in the title of his popular textbook. If that’s the rule at home, shouldn’t it also apply to our government? It’s…

There’s no doubt that our nation’s immigration system is broken. It no longer serves our nation’s interests, and has caused anxiety among native-born citizens and immigrant communities alike. We have seen that legal immigrants, who constitute the vast majority of the immigrant community, face long delays and high financial costs due to our very complex…

When it became apparent March 24 that Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act could not muster enough votes to pass the House, Republican leadership finally pulled the ill-conceived bill and will now start over. This is a good thing. The Republicans had eight years to design a viable health care alternative to Obama’s “Affordable” Care…

  After six months of mostly peaceful resistance, the Dakota Access Protest Camp erupted in flames February 22 as the final demonstrators left the camp. Thousands of people had attended the protest, leaving behind mountains of bedding, trash and waste that, ironically, threatened to pollute the very river they were trying to protect. The fight…