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A consortium of consultants and science educators has released a draft of what they plan will become national education standards for K-12 science.

With the Illinois legislature back in session, representatives of the oil and gas industry and environmental activists are directing their attention to Senate Bill 3280, an amendment to the Oil and

Missouri legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

First established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Universal Service Fund was designed to provide telephone service to underserved areas of the country.

Increasing computerization of financial trading has had a profound effect on financial markets by introducing a new element: high frequency trading (HFT).

The Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 was designed to promote the growth of the Internet by placing a moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and the creation of discriminatory tax

Oklahoma legislators will soon consider an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

Draft legislation in Michigan would restructure the school finance system so state funds predominantly follow children, allowing them to attend any public school in the state that will have them.

This essay is the first of a series of Heartland Policy Briefs by the author on entitlement reform.

Cyber-terrorism, hackers, identity theft, and viruses threaten to disrupt digital networks.