The Leaflet
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The Leaflet – States Consider Returning Public Lands to State Control
Publication -The Leaflet -States Consider Returning Public Lands to State ControlApproximately half of the land in the western United States – including most of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming – is owned by -
The Leaflet – Heartland Releases New Policy Study on Roadway Impacts of Frac Sand Mining
Publication -The Leaflet -Heartland Releases New Policy Study on Roadway Impacts of Frac Sand Mining Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have as many as 9,000 non-metallic mines in operation. -
The Leaflet – States Attempt to Regulate Personal Fitness
Publication -The Leaflet -States Attempt to Regulate Personal FitnessSeveral places across the country, including Washington, DC, which was recently named the nation’s fittest city, are attempting to regulate the personal fitness training industry. -
The Leaflet – States and Cities Consider Minimum Wage Changes
Publication -The Leaflet -States and Cities Consider Minimum Wage ChangesEarlier this summer, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) vetoed a bill that would disallow local municipalities from increasing the minimum wage above the $7.65 per hour statewide rate. -
The Leaflet – State Insurance Regulators Approve Double-Digit Premium Increases
Publication -The Leaflet -State Insurance Regulators Approve Double-Digit Premium IncreasesMany states have approved unprecedented increases for insurance premiums following an influx of new customers. -
The Leaflet – Five States Most Dependent on “Sin Taxes”
Publication -The Leaflet -Five States Most Dependent on “Sin Taxes”Mike Maciag, data editor at Governing, recently published an article discussing the five states most reliant on sin taxes. -
The Leaflet – Missed Heartland’s Emerging Issue Forum? Watch It Online!
Publication -The Leaflet -Missed Heartland’s Emerging Issue Forum? Watch It Online!On August 7, The Heartland Institute hosted the first of its three Emerging Issues Forums (EIFs) in 2015. -
The Leaflet – States Choose School Vouchers
Publication -The Leaflet -States Choose School VouchersWith a 4–3 vote, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in July the state’s education voucher program, which allows low-income students to use funding that would go to the public school system to attend private schools, is -
The Leaflet – The Looming Age Dependency Ratio Problem
Publication -The Leaflet -The Looming Age Dependency Ratio ProblemThe mainstream media keeps talking about budget deficits and potential tax increases, but what often goes unsaid is the many budget crises being experienced across the nation and around the world could get much -
The Leaflet – Register for Heartland’s 2015 Emerging Issues Forum – West
Publication -The Leaflet -Register for Heartland’s 2015 Emerging Issues Forum - WestDon’t miss The Heartland Institute’s Emerging Issues Forum - West in Seattle, Washington on August 7! If you are already attending NCSL’s Legislative Summit, simply extend your trip an extra day. -
The Leaflet – States Utilizing Training Voucher Programs to Combat Poverty
Publication -The Leaflet -States Utilizing Training Voucher Programs to Combat PovertyAccess to Recovery (ATR) is a national career training program helping people move from dependence to self-sufficiency. -
The Leaflet – Heartland Announces Emerging Issues Forums
Publication -The Leaflet -Heartland Announces Emerging Issues ForumsThe Heartland Institute is excited to announce that we are hosting three Emerging Issues Forumsthis year starting in Seattle on August 7th. -
The Leaflet – Heartland Moves to Arlington Heights and Adds Staff!
Publication -The Leaflet -Heartland Moves to Arlington Heights and Adds Staff!After 31 years of renting office space in downtown Chicago and surrounding areas, The Heartland Institute is moving to its own building in Arlington Heights, a suburb northwest of the city. -
The Leaflet: Affordable Care Act Increases ER Visits
Publication -The Leaflet -Affordable Care Act Increases ER Visits Emergency rooms (ER) in hospitals around the nation are facing overcrowding, leading to longer wait times and higher mortality rates. -
The Leaflet: States Consider E-Cigarette Regulations
Publication -The Leaflet -States Consider E-Cigarette RegulationsVaporizers, commonly referred to as e-cigarettes, are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S., and with that popularity has come state legislative efforts to regulate and tax them. -
The Leaflet: Heartland Releases Frac Sand Mining Policy Brief
Publication -The Leaflet -Heartland Releases Frac Sand Mining Policy Brief In Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, industrial sand, known as “frac sand,” mining has created thousands of high-paying jobs. -
The Leaflet – 2015 State Economic Outlook Rankings
Publication -The Leaflet -The Leaflet – 2015 State Economic Outlook RankingsFor the eighth year in a row, Utah earned the top ranking for economic outlook in the newest edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual Rich States, Poor States book. -
The Leaflet: States Consider School Choice
Publication -The Leaflet -States Consider School ChoiceThroughout the nation, state legislators are debating the merits of school choice, and many legislative bodies are coming to realization that more competition in education could help improve the quality of the system for all -
The Leaflet: New Fracking Regulations for States
Publication -The Leaflet -New Fracking Regulations for StatesIn the past week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it is issuing newregulations on certain techniques of drilling for natural gas and oil- hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking. -
The Leaflet: States Reconsider CON Laws
Publication -The Leaflet -States Reconsider CON LawsCertificate of need (CON) laws were originally introduced to the United States in 1964 by New York State, and 36 states now have certificate of need laws that are meant to slow the growth of health care prices, promote -
The Leaflet: 2015, the Year of Energy Policy
Publication -The Leaflet -2015, the Year of Energy PolicyEnergy is the lifeblood of the economy, not government, and it should determine what fuels consumers will use to heat their homes and power their automobiles. -
The Leaflet: Medicaid Expansion Debate Continues
Publication -The Leaflet -The Medicaid Expansion Debate ContinuesStates across the country continue to debate whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). -
The Leaflet: States Consider Hiking Gas Taxes
Publication -The Leaflet -States Consider Hiking Gas TaxesState governments, including those in Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Tennesse, are considering increasing motor fuel taxes, a move proponents say is needed to improve transportation infrastructure such as -
The Leaflet: State Lawmakers Continue to Fight Obamacare
Publication -The Leaflet -State Lawmakers Continue to Fight Obamacare In state capitols around the nation, lawmakers are still debating legislation addressing Obamacare.
