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The Leaflet – States to Tackle Income Taxes
Publication -The Leaflet -States To Tackle Income Taxes While Congress and the president recently hiked taxes for 77 percent of the nation’s taxpayers, proposals for sweeping tax cuts continue to gain momentum at the state level. -
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The Leaflet – Meet Your Very Own Think Tank!
Publication -The Leaflet -One of the great privileges I have in working for Heartland is the opportunity to help elected officials at all levels of government discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to economic and social problems. -
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The Leaflet – Happy New Year!
Publication -The Leaflet -The election results have been certified, the fiscal cliff has been averted, and the world didn’t end. Now state lawmakers are heading back to their state capitols to begin their 2013 legislative sessions. -
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The Leaflet – Carbon Tax Runs Into Opposition
Publication -The Leaflet -One need not look far to see the federal government and state governments are moving further apart on their approaches to energy policy. -
The Leaflet – HHS Extends Health Insurance Exchange Decision Deadline
Publication -The Leaflet -With the reelection of President Barack Obama, the implementation of the federal health care law is moving forward, leaving states that have resisted implementation to make some key health care decisions.The U.S. -
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The Leaflet – The Future of State Tax Policy
Publication -The Leaflet -Earlier this week the non-partisan Tax Foundation released its 2013 State Business Tax Climate index. -
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The Leaflet – 2012 Emerging Issues Forum Videos
Publication -The Leaflet -On August 9, The Heartland Institute hosted its eighth Emerging Issues Forum, a gathering of state elected officials, public policy experts, and Heartland senior staff to discuss the issues likely to be on the agenda in 2013 and beyond. -
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The Leaflet – Condoleezza Rice on Education Reform
Publication -The Leaflet -Yesterday, at the Republican National Convention, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice gave a superb speech covering many important issues. -
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The Leaflet – What Should States Do About the Federal Health Care Law?
Publication -The Leaflet -On August 9, The Heartland Institute held its 2012 Emerging Issues Forum in Chicago, Illinois. More than 140 people attended, including more than 85 legislators from at least 32 states. -
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The Leaflet – Reining in EPA
Publication -The Leaflet -Yesterday, The Heartland Institute announced more than 5,000 people have signed a petition demanding that Congress “rein in the Environmental Protection Agency” (EPA) through deep cuts in the size, power, and cost of the agency. -
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The Leaflet – What Does The Supreme Court Ruling Mean for States?
Publication -The Leaflet -What does the Supreme Court ruling mean for states? -
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The Leaflet – The Fracking Debate
Publication -The Leaflet -Today, North Carolina is expected to vote to allow the process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” for natural gas. -
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The Leaflet – Governor Walker’s Act 10
Publication -The Leaflet -It has been a year since Wisconsin’s Act 10, which limited collective bargaining rights for most public employees, went into effect. The passing of these reforms has led to next week’s nationally significant recall election of Governor Scott Walker. -
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The Leaflet – Bullying Teachers
Publication -The Leaflet -Teachers unions react badly to teachers who don’t fall in line behind them. The unions’ methods range from public shamings and labor complaints to coordinated pressure on administrators to fire or withhold promotion from dissenters. -
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The Leaflet – Standing With ALEC
Publication -The Leaflet -“Color of Change,” Common Cause, the Center for Media and Democracy, and other extreme leftist groups’ attempts to defame the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are not surprising. -
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The Leaflet – Tax Day Edition
Publication -The Leaflet -One of the most dreaded days of the year is approaching … tax day. This year Tuesday, April 17 will be the last day people can file their taxes. -
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The Leaflet – Supreme Court Edition
Publication -The Leaflet -In what has been one of the most anticipated cases in decades, the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was argued before the Supreme Court of the United States earlier this week. -
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The Leaflet – The State of the States
Publication -The Leaflet -This week was President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, and in many states the governors’ State of the State addresses. The main focus remains rebooting the economy. -
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The Leaflet – Happy Holidays
Publication -The Leaflet -Happy holidays to everyone! As we get ready to ring in 2012 it gives us a chance to reflect upon 2011. For The Heartland Institute we had one of the best years yet. -
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The Leaflet: Heartland Uncovers Shocking Medicare Wasteful Spending
Publication -The Leaflet -As you may already know, The Heartland Institute produces and sends out six monthly newspapers addressing the major domestic public policy issues to every national and state elected official in the U.S. -
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The Leaflet – The Amazon tax goes to Congress
Publication -The Leaflet -I hope everyone had a fun- and food-filled Thanksgiving! This week, I and a few other Heartland staffers are attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s State’s and Nation’s Policy Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. -
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The Leaflet – Thanksgiving & Capitalism
Publication -The Leaflet -Before free markets were established, the colonists had nothing for which to be thankful. ... -
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The Leaflet – Learning From Massachusetts’ Exchange
Publication -The Leaflet -Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Leaflet, a weekly policy roundup produced for lawmakers by The Heartland Institute’s government relations department.