Heartland Research & Commentary

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.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has told the states there will be no flexibility in implementing Medicaid expansion: either expand fully or don’t expand at all.

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.

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

One of Utah’s most ambitious municipal broadband programs is facing serious subscribership and funding problems.

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

The United States has increased its teaching force 250 percent since 1950, reducing teacher-student ratios from 1:22 to 1:15, but the expansion has not brought higher teacher quality.