Opinion
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Health Care Reform Takes New Direction in Virginia
Opinion -health-care-news, News -A change in power in the Virginia legislature will put reforms of the state’s fiscally challenged Medicaid program on the back burner, say minority party opponents. -
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Oregon Youths’ Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of 21 youths in an attempt to force the federal government to impose limits on fossil-fuel use. -
California Solar Home Law Likely to Price Many Out of the Market
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new building code has taken effect in California requiring all newly constructed homes statewide to be solar-powered. -
Heartland’s 2020 Vision
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -The Heartlander, Winter 2020 -
Jo Nova’s Amazing Australian Fire Coverage
Opinion -Editorial -Writer and blogger Jo Nova makes an argument about the cause of the Australian wildfires outside of the climate narrative, such as the historical trend of fires and lack of fire management. -
Happiness, Thy Name is National School Choice Week
Opinion -school-reform-news, Editorial -School Choice Week showcases the interest in school choice and pent-up demand for more of it. Whether supply meets that demand will depend in part on decisions in the political and legal realms. -
Regulations are Bringing Back Dirt, Filth, and Disease
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Trump is exactly right that problems trace to preposterous government regulations designed to save water that actually end up using more, and not dealing with the real problem which has nothing to do with domestic water use. -
Power to the Parents!
Opinion -school-reform-news, Editorial -The abusive education monopoly must go. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Poll Showing Parent Support of Child Safety Accounts
Opinion -school-reform-news, Press Release -“Child Safety Accounts are one of the best solutions to student safety concerns and need to be implemented throughout America, not just in Colorado.” - Lennie Jarratt -
‘Old-Fashioned Land Grab’ in Colorado Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Colorado law allows property owners and residents to form “special municipal districts” that can use eminent domain to take private property. -
California Prevents Public Schools from Suspending K-8 Students for ‘Willful Defiance’
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -S.B. 419 expands the prohibition to students in charter schools. -
Texas Takes Control of Houston Public Schools
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Teachers unions and members of the HISD Board of Trustees, who were locally elected, oppose the state takeover, but the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is appointing a new superintendent and community board for the district. -
Judges Order Government Spending Without Representation in Illinois
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"Our research revealed Illinois legislators have acquiesced to a power grab by the federal and state judiciary." -
Heartland Weekly: Crop Yields Contradict Climate Doom
Opinion -Editorial -Week of January 13, 2020 -
Bezos-Backed General Fusion Raises $100 Million in New Financing
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Nuclear fusion startup General Fusion has raised more than $100 million in new funding towards the design and construction of an experimental power plant to demonstrate its fusion power technology. -
Urban Planners Ignore City Labor Markets
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, by Alain Bertaud (MIT Press, 2018), 432 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0262038768; $36.64 -
Local Governments Suffered Nearly a Thousand Ransomware Attacks, Report Finds
Opinion -budget-tax-news -At least 948 government entities in the United States were attacked by ransomware hackers extorting money in 2019, a new report states. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Children’s Climate Lawsuit Thrown Out by 9th Circuit
Opinion -Press Release -“Just like the recent case against Exxon-Mobil in New York that was dismissed, this case by ‘climate concerned children’ was prompted and powered by climate activist interests.” - Anthony Watts -
NASA/NOAA Report Ignores Best Climate Data
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #347 -
California Energy Policies are Fueling the Housing Crisis and Homelessness
Opinion -Editorial -California’s green crusade direction and actions are increasing the costs of electricity and fuels which guarantees growth of the homeless, poverty, and welfare populations, and further fuels the housing affordability crisis. -
Wisconsin Bans Violent Pipeline and Energy Infrastructure Protests
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin signed into law a bipartisan proposal to make it a state felony to trespass on or damage oil or gas pipelines or chemical, renewable fuel, or water infrastructure. -
States Struggle to Control Legal Marijuana Markets
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Legal marijuana continues to compete with its black-market cousin because of the time needed to establish a legitimate marketplace and the taxes on legal marijuana. -
Michigan Court Halts Governor’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigs, Vapes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to issue emergency rules banning online and retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes, in response to reports of an increase in vaping-related lung diseases. -
Climate Change Has Caused More Rain, Helping Fight Australian Wildfires
Opinion -Editorial -Alarmists are pointing their finger at climate change for the recent wildfires in Australia, claiming global warming is causing drought conditions that have facilitated the fires.
