Heartland Research & Commentary

In Massachusetts, as in many other states and municipalities across the country, the high cost of traditional defined-benefit public pensions has become an important issue as unfunded liabilities h

Increasing broadcast retransmission fees have caused much tension between multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) and broadcasters.

As states begin implementing provisions of the federal health care law, many, such as Montana, are still debating whether to expand their Medicaid programs in order to receive a larger federal subs

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a new top marginal tax rate for high-income-earners several times.

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.

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).