Steve Stanek

Steve Stanek (sstanek@heartland.org) is a research fellow at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of two Heartland publications, Budget & Tax News and FIRE Policy News. He has been writing and editing for Heartland since 2003.

Stanek's work has appeared in numerous local, state and national publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago Sun-Times, The Hill, Boston Herald, New York Post, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Daily Caller and Washington Examiner, and he has appeared on radio and television programs including Chicago Public Television's Chicago Tonight and the "CBS Evening News" with Katie Couric.

Before joining The Heartland Institute, Stanek worked in corporate communications and as a newspaper reporter and editor at weekly and daily newspapers, where he covered state and local government issues.