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The 2016 elections are fast approaching, and voters are looking to support candidates who can eliminate barriers to opportunity and reverse the two-tiered society that is emerging in this country.  According to a new poll conducted by Drug Policy Action and Public Policy Polling, an overwhelming majority of voters across all parties and demographics in the key swing state of Florida would be more likely to support candidates who oppose civil asset forfeiture – a practice by which police are able to seize property from a person without convicting them of a crime.

In a little over six months, Colorado voters will determine the fate of Amendment 69 – also known as ColoradoCare – which would impose the first statewide universal health-care system in the country. However, if Coloradans pass the November ballot initiative, they will face a new tax burden that will hit the state hard. For Hispanics, access to health coverage remains important, but it should not come at the expense of unnecessary new taxes.

Want to start a new business, or start a new job in North Carolina? Not so fast! – succeeding in a state that claims to provide numerous job opportunities and a business-friendly environment might not be as easy as you hope, thanks to the state’s restrictive and convoluted occupational licensing requirements.

For the past several years, New Mexico has grappled with a doctor shortage. News reports as far back as 2012 indicated that the United States would experience a shortage of more than 60,000 doctors by 2015.

As tax day approaches (it’s April 18 this year), Hispanics households once again find themselves frustrated by the complexities of the tax code as they finish filing their tax returns. However, this year’s filing is special.

The debate over illegal immigration has taken a drastic turn in recent weeks, as some political figures not only insist that it would be a good idea to deport all unauthorized immigrants from the United States, but also boast that it would be feasible to do so in a short time span.

Congress is considering adding a controversial set of tax breaks for favored energy industries in a reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), after they were left out of a tax extenders package passed last year. The tax breaks, which Congress wisely allowed to expire last year, would benefit the wind, geothermal, fuel cell, and combined heat and power (CHP) industry to the tune of $1.4 billion.

For the second year in a row, Florida lawmakers have considered but then failed to pass legislation that would lessen the cost of health care, increase competition and innovation, and would take away roadblocks that prevent new health care providers from entering the market.

Fully 51 percent – a majority – of billion dollar startup companies in the United States have immigrants as their founders, according to a new study published by the National Foundation for American Policy. In spite of the often repeated claims by politicians and the media that other countries are not sending their best and their brightest to the United States.

Happy belated birthday to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which turned six years old last week! The ACA has now been around for over half a decade, yet it has yet to live up to President Obama’s promised expectations. One can look at the example of the Obamacare CO-OPs to realize that the ACA is unfortunately not getting any better with age – these programs were meant to provide a customer-focused, low-cost health care option, but after six years, they are little more than a letdown to U.S. Hispanics and all American citizens alike.