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Heartland Institute Responds to Stolen and Fake Documents

February 15, 2012
Jim Lakely

FEBRUARY 15, 2012 – The following statement from The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution.

Sens. Tester, Vitter Join Heartland Institute Today in Push for Flood Insurance Reauthorization

February 14, 2012

Senators joined by CEOs from the National Wildlife Federation, American Insurance Association, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Reinsurance Association of America, Taxpayers for

Heartland Institute Experts React to Obama’s 2013 Budget

February 13, 2012
Joe Cobb
Steve Stanek
Benjamin Domenech

President Barack Obama on Monday released his 2013 budget, which includes $3.8 trillion in spending over 10 years.

Heartland Science Director Jay Lehr to Testify Before Kansas Legislature Today About Water, Wind Power

February 13, 2012

FEBRUARY 14 – Dr. Jay Lehr, science director at The Heartland Institute, who earned the nation’s first Ph.D.

Heartland Institute Expert: President Obama’s Reinsurance Tax Would Hurt U.S. Policyholders

February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON – A proposal in President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal would assess billions of dollars in new taxes on offshore insurers and reinsurers, making it more difficult for

Heartland Institute Expert Available to Speak About New Nuclear Plant Approvals

February 09, 2012

FEBRUARY 9 -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved licenses to build two new nuclear reactors.

New Heartland Institute Report Urges Reform of Texas' Margins Tax

February 08, 2012
Julie Drenner

The Heartland Institute has produced a new Policy Brief titled “Texas Margins Tax: Principles for Reform” by Eli Lehrer, vice president for Washington, DC operations at Heartland, and Juli

Heartland Institute Responds to CBO Estimates of the Cost of TARP

February 01, 2012

The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate today responded to estimates by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that the federal government will spend $23 billio