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Heartland Institute Reacts to End of Chicago Teachers Union Strike

September 19, 2012
Joy Pullmann
Ben Boychuk
Bruno Behrend

The seven-day-old Chicago Teachers Union strike ended Tuesday night, sending 350,000 students back to class this morning.

Heartland President Joseph Bast to Speak at Wisconsin ‘Yes, We Did Build It’ Rally

September 19, 2012
Jim Lakely

Join scores of small business owners, Heartland President Joseph Bast, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, Lt.

Illinois Should Respond to Chicago Teachers Union Strike By Expanding School Choice

September 14, 2012
John Nothdurft

Illinois Should Respond to Chicago Teachers Union Strike

Heartland Institute Reacts to Strike by Chicago Teachers Union

September 10, 2012
Joy Pullmann
Herbert J. Walberg
Robert G. Holland
John Nothdurft
S.T. Karnick

The Chicago Teachers Union went on strike Monday morning, the first strike in Chicago’s public schools in 25 years.

Heartland Institute Economic Experts React to Weak Jobs Report

September 07, 2012
Robert Genetski
Peter Ferrara
Steve Stanek
S.T. Karnick

The U.S. Department of Labor today reported the economy added 96,000 jobs in August, pushing unemployment down to 8.1 percent.

Heartland Institute Backs Stanford Study Questioning Benefits of Organic Food

September 04, 2012
Mischa Popoff

Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior research affiliate at Stanford University, today released a study indicating organic food is no better than regular food.

New Heartland Institute Policy Brief: Implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

August 31, 2012
Dan Pilla
Jim Lakely

Unless there is a substantial change in leadership in Washington in the next election, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will go into effect as planned. The U.S.