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Heartland Institute Experts Reacts to Parent Trigger Victory in Adelanto, California

January 09, 2013
Joy Pullmann
Ben Boychuk
Bruno Behrend
Noreen Lephardt

The Adelanto School Board Tuesday night voted unanimously to turn Desert Trails Elementary School into a charter school, marking the first time the “parent trigger” education reform was successfull

Heartland Institute Experts React to Vote to Allow Uranium Mining in Virginia

January 07, 2013
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
Alexandra (Sandy) Liddy Bourne
James M. Taylor, J.D.
Marita Noon
Jack Spencer, Todd M. Wynn

The Virginia Coal and Energy Commission today voted 11-2 (with three abstentions) to lift the 31-year-old moratorium on mining for uranium, a recommendation limited only to Pittsylvania County and

Heartland Institute Report: Uranium Mining Safe, Sound for Virginia

January 04, 2013
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.

A new report written by one of the nation’s leading authorities on groundwater hy

Heartland Institute Experts React to Google Antitrust Ruling

January 03, 2013
S.T. Karnick
Steven Titch
Maureen Martin
Bruce Edward Walker
Ryan Radia

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday ended its antitrust investigation against Google, finding it had not violated the law in the way it structures its search application.

Heartland Institute Experts React to Fiscal Cliff Deal

January 02, 2013
Steve Stanek
Cecil Bohanon
Robert Ekelund
John Skorburg
Sean Parnell
Gary Wolfram
Marilyn R. Flowers

The so-called “fiscal cliff” was averted New Year’s Day when the House of Representatives voted 257 to 167 on a package that easily passed the Senate earlier.

Heartland Institute Experts React to Resignation of EPA Secretary Lisa Jackson

December 27, 2012
S.T. Karnick
James H. Rust

Lisa Jackson, secretary of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, told her staff Thursday morning she is stepping down and will not serve in President Obama’s second term.

Heartland Institute Experts React to President’s Call for Stricter Gun Laws

December 19, 2012
Maureen Martin
Steve Stanek

President Barack Obama today announced Vice President Joe Biden will lead a commission charged with developing new gun-control laws.

Heartland Institute Releases New Policy Brief on Entitlement Reform

December 14, 2012
Peter Ferrara

Peter Ferrara, senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy at The Heartland Institute, is preparing a series of eight Policy Briefs that will be compiled into a book in 2013.