About the Author
Shawn McCoy
Shawn is the Publisher of InsideSources. Previously, he served as Iowa Communications Director for the Romney Campaign and has advised other campaigns nationwide. Shawn has an MBA, concentrated in econometrics and statistics, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Notre Dame. He has a dog named Milton, after his favorite economist.
- The Future of InsideSources
- How Politicians and Anti-Gun Activists Destroy Jobs
- Beware When Populists Try to Explain Business
- Donations Tie Leading Environmental Groups to ‘Hate Groups’
- Troubling News From Abroad for Fledgling Online Gaming Markets in U.S.
- Experts Debate Solutions to Climate-Driven Disasters as Congress Weighs Flood Insurance Program
- Centrist Group Questions Trump’s Success in Helping Small Businesses
- Radicals in House to Hold Hearings on Climate Liability Conspiracy
- As Climate Week Kicks Off, UN Report Recommendation on Forest Products Sparks Debate
- Tensions Boil Over at Amazon Shareholder Meeting
- Watchdog Group Calls to Investigate D.C.’s Scandal-Plagued Hope Village
- In Southeast DC, the Hope Village Halfway House Looks Increasingly Hopeless
- Japanese Smoking Habits No Longer Lost in Translation
- This Patent Battle Is One Reason Why Comcast Customers Receive Inferior Service—And May Soon Face Another Downgrade
- From PARCC’s Ashes, a New Model for Interstate Collaboration Emerges
- Jeffrey Sachs Takes His Misleading Climate Advocacy to Capitol Hill
- Accenture’s Spotty Record Imposes Heavy Cost on Taxpayers
- What People Should Know About E-Cigarettes and Public Health
- How a Company You Might Never Have Heard Of Exercises Vast Influence Over Government and the Economy
- How the Trump Administration Is Siding With International Terrorists Over American Citizens
- Leading the Charge Transitioning Veterans to the Private Sector
- Negotiation Lessons from the NextEra-Oncor Acquisition
- Exclusive New Poll: ‘Hidden Vote’ May Push Le Pen to Victory in France
- As House Prepares to Vote, Senate Scoffs at ACA Repeal Bill
- The Dangerous Love of the Bayou Bridge Protest Movement
- As Louisiana Targets Economic Growth, Protesters Drown Out Local Voices at Bayou Bridge Hearing
- DeVos Agrees to Release Tax Returns, Forego Certificate of Divestiture
- How Can We Improve Educational Opportunities for Students in Military Families?
- A Portrait of Betsy DeVos Overlooked by Critics and the Media
- The Manchin Family – the Clintons of Coal Country
- Federal Agency Pushes Forward With Rulemaking Pulling Money From States Not Expanding Medicaid
- What the Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Aren’t Telling You
- New Analysis Shows High Education Standards Are Working
- Poll: Ayotte Leads in Final Stretch, as Hassan Faces Headwinds from Clinton Support
- Investors Should Be Questioning Alphabet’s ‘Moonshots’
- As Homecare Industry Confronts Medicare Cuts, Upton May Be Roadblock to Fix
- Taxpayers Sponsor Dave Matthews Concert Propping Up Democratic Congressional Candidate
- Union of Concerned Scientists: Hub of Rational Inquiry or Political Activism?
- Iowa Congressman Urges Action on ‘No Budget, No Pay’
- Strife Between Labor and Greens Jolts Dems as Elections Approach
- As Congress Returns, Homecare Industry Says Urgent Action Needed on Medicare Reimbursement
- Schneiderman Forced to Walk Back Exxon Attacks, Refocus Legal Campaign
- Congress Mandates Investigation of Controversial Grant Program Funding Anti-Pipeline Activists
- A Day with America’s Hardest Working Congressman
- How a Meaningless Attack on a Hunting Store Threatens Thousands of Jobs
- New Additions to the InsideSources Team
- Ayotte Leads Hassan in InsideSources/NH Journal Poll
- Political Party: The Republican Convention You Didn’t See on TV
- How Conservatives Are Countering the Left’s Grassroots Advantage
- Railroad Regulations Draw Scrutiny from Industry and Conservatives
- As New Postal Reform Bill Progresses in House, Taxpayer and Consumer Groups Voice Skepticism
- As Diablo Canyon Announces Shut Down, We Enter a New Era for American Nuclear Power
- Exclusive InsideSources Poll Shows Oklahoma’s Mullin, Jackson in Close Race
- Conservative Groups Blast Mullin Bill
- Conference Highlights Breakthroughs in Cancer Treatment, Pharmaceutical Market Growth
- Could the Nortel Bankruptcy Finally Be Close to Resolution?
- As Exxon Allies Claim Conspiracy, Climate Activists Descend on Dallas for Shareholder Meeting
- High Education Standards Linked to Economic Gains, Say Experts
- With Trump’s Rise, Operatives Point to Failures by RNC Leadership
- Do We Connect to Disconnect?
- State Wades into Uncharted Territory with Review Process
- Exclusive: Survey Finds Turmoil in Postal Workforce
- DRC Dictator Cracks Down on Demonstrators Calling for Democratic Elections
- The United States of Google
- GOP Split Over Speaker’s Bailout Plan for Puerto Rico
- Advice for Acela Passengers: Everybody’s a Reporter
- Gore, Schneiderman Defend Exxon Investigation: ‘This Is Certainly Not a Publicity Stunt’
- The Troubling Economic Impact of the Ongoing Nortel Bankruptcy
- Trump, Cruz Education Mandates Face Serious Legal and Practical Hurdles
- Trump Appoints Alleged Bundy Conspirator as Alternate Convention Delegate
- Ayotte Focuses on Opioid Bill in Weekly Republican Address
- Ayotte Up 4 in UNH Poll
- British Lawyers and Accountants Quickly Burning Through Nortel Assets
- Hassan Ethics Report Does Not Disclose $335,000 Loan
- Obscure Taxpayer-Funded Program Bankrolls Anti-Pipeline Activists
- What Will Happen In New Hampshire—and Why the Media Is to Blame
- A Day on the Campaign Trail in New Hampshire
- Exclusive Video: Fiorina Makes Closing Pitch to New Hampshire Voters
- InsideSources Announces Acquisition of NH Journal Ahead of 2016 Primary
- What It’s Like to Caucus – An Up-Close Look from InsideSources
- What Other News Organizations Aren’t Reporting from Iowa
- What All Voters Should Know About Hedge Funds
- Policymakers Are Becoming More Honest About Education Proficiency Standards
- Inter-American Development Bank Coaches Macri on Debt Restructuring
- British Lawyers and Accountants Serve as Holdouts in Nortel Mediation
- Project In Vino Veritas: The Spycraft of Conservative Investigative Journalism
- Watchdog Group Questions Ties of Top Puerto Rico Adviser
- Dispelling Some Confusion Over Star Wars – and the GOP Primary
- How Private Sector Education Investment Can Complement Government Policy
- Talk of More Compounded Drugs Renews Safety Concerns
- Gardner: Lifting Ban on Oil Exports This Year Would Ease Tensions
- ‘Cartel’ of Lawyers and Accountants Coming Out Winners in Long-Running Nortel Bankruptcy Case
- Dial Testing Shows Soft Side Key for Tough-Talking Christie
- New Poll Shows Small Business Owners Worried by Obamacare’s Health Insurance Tax
- Two Veteran Reporters Join InsideSources
- How an Unfair Advantage for the Postal Service is Costing Consumers and Taxpayers
- Dysfunction, Lobbying, and Conflict of Interest in the Debate Over Opioids
- Irrational Exuberance and the Commoditization of News
- Problems with Polling Could Keep Good Candidates Out
- A Bombing, an Investigation, a Cover Up, a Murder
- Will Republicans Alienate Voters by Attacking Gay Marriage? A Dial Session Offers Insight.
- U.S. Investment Heroes List Raises Worries Over New Regulations
- As USPS Strikes Deal with Alibaba, Renewed Criticism over Foreign Favoritism and Security Risks
- In New Hampshire, a Conservative Case Is Made for Common Core
- What All Parents Should Know About Common Core Test Scores
- Llewellyn King Joins InsideSources.com
- Will John Kasich Stand Up to the Republican Donors Taking Billions from Ohio’s Charter Program?
- Watch How Much Voters Hate Hearing Donald Trump Speak
- Dial Test Shows Voters Unimpressed by Christie Tough Talk
- InsideSources Exclusive: Why Common Core Won’t Cost Jeb the Nomination
- Top Republican Staffer Veers Sharply from Chairman’s Message on Gay Marriage
- Report: Education Standards May Determine Military Base Closures
- Opinion: Democratizing the Super PAC
- House Bill Gives Russia Extra Protection for Holocaust-Era Looted Property
- Energy Forum Highlights Bipartisan Calls to End Crude Export Ban
- Opinion: Your State’s Schools Aren’t as Good as You Think
- Are States Fooling Parents with Low Math and Reading Proficiency Standards?
- Treasury Memo Outlines Housing Market Worries for Home Buyers and Taxpayers
- Opinion: Why We Struggle to Understand Millennials
- Exclusive: Leaked Treasury Memo Counters Legal Claims
- USPS Plans $6 Billion Auto Purchase as It Bleeds Money and Slows Delivery
- FCC to Examine DISH ‘Small Biz’ Ploy
- Broad Agreement on the Need for Tax Reform. But Can Congress Make It Happen?
- VIDEO: Road to 2016: Informing the Tax Debate
- Here’s What Likely Presidential Candidates Are Saying About Reliable, Affordable Energy
- Watch Road to 2016: Informing the Energy Debate
- Facing Increased Scrutiny, What’s Next for the U.S. Postal Service?
- FACT CHECK: Was the FCC Influenced by 4 Million Americans?
- Niejadlik Resigns from Coinbase as Company Faces Increased Scrutiny
- Chronographs, Anachronisms, and a Brief History of Time
- What Just Happened in Arizona?
- Why (and How) Iowa Should Matter in 2016
- STUDY: Trillions in Costs, Millions of Jobs Lost from New EPA Ozone Regulation
- U.S. Postal Annual Compliance Report Draws Scrutiny, Themes
- Independent Scientists Raise Questions on New Phthalates Regulations
- Planning to Thwart International Sanctions? ‘Regulated’ Coinbase Can Help
- Small Business Owners Challenge Threat from NLRB
- Report: Intellectual Property Abuses Threaten Innovation and Cost Consumers Billions
- Want Card Security? Banks Urge Debit Rather than Credit
- New FCC Rules a Clear Win for Public Safety
- Is Your Credit Card Security Taking a Backseat in Congress’ Data Security Legislation?
- Choice, Competition, and Obamacare
- Obama’s ‘Right-Church-Wrong-Pew’ Community College Proposal
- IS Morning Briefing: 1/16/15
- In Need of Remediation: How Conservatives and Liberals Are Confused about Investment in Education
- Shareholder Rights Advocates Call for Congressional Action
- Recent Move by New Alaska Governor Has Some Worrying About Future of Gas Project
- As Postmaster Warns of ‘Myopia,’ New Report Shows Growing Troubles for Postal Service
- Is This Dystopia? No, It’s Iowa.
- The Overly-Eager Defense of Steve Scalise
- An Era that Must End with Scalise
- How a Court Case in Des Moines May Affect Your Retirement Savings
- US Missing out on Coal Export Growth as Global Demand Rises
- Taxpayer Protection Alliance: “Stick To Delivering Our Letters”
- Andrew Cuomo’s Secret Plan That Took from the Pockets of 1,500 Widows, Accident Victims, and Handicapped
- Wheeler’s Sisyphean Task
- ExcelInEd Announces Design Winners
- The Problem with Punditry, Common Core, and 2016
- How Kim Kardashian May Still ‘Break the Internet’
- Why Your Credit Card Is Not As Secure As It Should Be
- New Study Shows Small Business Growth from Natural Gas Boom
- Lost in our ‘Indefinite Optimism’
- Tilting at (or for) Windmills
- New Crude Export Policy Site Launches to Educate Consumers and Policymakers
- New Report Counters LNG Opponents
- Can We Trust Voters to Make Informed Decisions?
- Cutting through the Noise: New Organization Aims to Find Sensible Policy Solutions
- Why Joni Ernst will be the next US Senator from Iowa
- Football Scandals and the Nobel Prize in Economics
- Another Conflict of Interest for Hagan
- Postal Foreign Policy: As the Post Office Bleeds Money, its Regulator Takes Flight
- They Still Don’t Get It.
- IS Exclusive: Secret Service Agent Leaked President’s Campaign Stops
- Why It’s Good to Be 30 Years Old, Single, Childless, Renting, and Deep in Student Loan Debt
- Data Visualization Competition Seeks to Improve Transparency of School Performance
- Can Congress Find Compromise on Energy Tax Reform?
- Washington’s Unintended Consequences for Consumer Credit
- Study Finds Federal Regulations Cost Businesses over $2 Trillion
- Fantasy Football, Ice Cream, and Wine Tastings Distract from Terror Debate
- As Illinois Democrat Struggles, Plouffe’s Uber Blasts Email to Members Praising Quinn
- International Consequences Worry Observers of the Domestic Net Neutrality Debate
- With Ties to Occupy Movement, International Coalition Seeks Influence in Net Neutrality Debate
- Can Joni Ernst Win? An Update.
- STUDY: EPA Planning the Most Expensive Regulation of All Time
- New Documents Reveal Treasury Was Claiming Fannie-Freddie Value that Belonged to Shareholders
- The Substance of FCC Comments
- Two tech titans. Two very different views of philanthropy.
- Take This Week’s News Quiz
- Gun Control and the Midterms: An Interview with Joyce Lee Malcolm
- As Net Neutrality Battle Is Waged, ‘Open Internet’ Advocates Become Entrenched Washington Interests
- Argentina Left with Weak Hand after Double Blow from Supreme Court
- Evidence Mounts That Argentina Seeks To Evade Supreme Court
- Marilinda Garcia Interview: ‘Rising Star’ Talks Energy and Tech
- Home Security Technologies Via Mobile Apps
- How New Technologies Are Changing The Face Of Lottery Games
- Unexpected Help: Green Repair Services
- UPDATED: Secret Argentine Memo Advises Evading U.S. Supreme Court
- InsideSources Investigation Leads to House Oversight Hearing
- Stanford Serves as Steyer’s Proxy in Climate Fight
- The Iowa Senate Race: What Will Happen In November?
- Will Obama’s Approval Ratings Hurt Braley?
- The Undeniable Democratic Advantage in the 2014 Iowa Senate Race
- A Model of Voter Registration in the 2014 Iowa Senate Race
- The GOP’s Uphill Battle In The Iowa Senate Race
- InsideSources investigation sets off media firestorm
- David Young Interview: Former Top Congressional Aide Discusses Energy and Technology Policy
- Welcome To InsideSources
- Eco-Friendly Casinos – Just A Myth?
