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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 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 Senior Fellow Testifies Today Before House

February 01, 2012
Peter Ferrara

FEB 1, 2012 -- Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara, author of America’s Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, is testifying today at a hearing of the full House Committee on Small Business.

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

Jindal Embraces Version of The Heartland Institute’s Parent Trigger

January 31, 2012
Bruno Behrend
Ben Boychuk
John Nothdurft
Joy Pullmann

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal this month endorsed the Parent Trigger as part of his sweeping education proposals.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Fracking Moratorium in Vermont

January 27, 2012
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.

The Fish and Wildlife Committee in the Vermont House voted yesterday to enact a three year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the state.