Opinion
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Court Throws Out Lawsuit Blocking Keystone XL Construction
Opinion -A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision blocking completion of the Keystone KL oil pipeline. -
To the Left, Dodgeball Has Become a ‘Tool of Oppression’
Opinion -Wouldn’t you think if someone had a problem with dodgeball being too rough for some kids, they would just say so? Talk it out. -
West Virginia Enacts State’s First Charter School Legislation
Opinion -A previous school choice bill passed the state Senate but was stopped in the state’s House of Representatives after a statewide, two-day strike by teachers’ unions. -
Legislative Pulse: Defending Constituents’ Climate Interests in Oregon
Opinion -Oregon state Sen. Alan Olsen (R-Canby) says Senate Republicans walked out of the Senate to prevent a vote on climate legislation in which they were allowed to have not input, that would have harmed their constituents interests. -
Medicaid Spending Gets the Spotlight During Ohio Budget Hearings
Opinion -The issue of Medicaid reform was in the spotlight at a hearing before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee during state budget discussions. -
Flattening Medical Exam Standards Will Imperil Health Care Quality
Opinion -Among the endless metrics for assessing the quality of health care, one that is exceedingly important for measuring physician quality is on the chopping block. -
Report: Prescriptions Caused Opioid Addiction Crisis
Opinion -Opioids, the powerful painkillers that have brought relief to millions only to become a severe health problem of their own, were overprescribed by doctors to an unsuspecting public, a new report states. -
Supreme Court Allows Fast Tracking of Property Rights Cases
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled property owners may immediately file suit in federal court to challenge state or local government actions that restrict their property rights, without first going through the state court system. -
California Legislature Considers Giving Strikers Unemployment Benefits
Opinion -A proposed law would allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits even though they have jobs at which they are not working. -
FEDEX Seven Day Package Delivery Casts Doubt On Postal Service Package Delivery Rate Hikes
Opinion -FedEx’s announcement of seven-day-per-week delivery means higher USPS rates would likely drive business—and revenue—away from USPS. -
Outsized Air Ambulance Charges Under Scrutiny from Researchers, Congress
Opinion -Air ambulance companies bill consumers and private insurers 4.1 to 9.5 times more than what Medicare pays for the same service, a study from Johns Hopkins University finds. -
More Federal Lands to Be Opened to Hunting, Fishing
Opinion -The U.S. Department of the Interior announced it is significantly revising rules for hunting and fishing on federal wildlife refuges across the nation. -
Maine Enacts Sweeping Renewable Energy Mandates
Opinion -Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed into law several energy measures she has pushed as part of her commitment to fight purported human-caused climate change by reducing fossil fuel use. -
Commerce Department Urges ‘Unprecedented Action’ to Secure Critical Mineral Supplies
Opinion -The United States must embark on an effort to expand and secure its sources of critical minerals outside of its current supply chain, the U.S. Department of Commerce says in new report. -
Michigan Enacts Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms
Opinion -New statutes prohibit police officers from seizing property for suspected drug crimes without first obtaining a conviction or plea agreement. -
The Teachers Unions’ Spotty Progressivism
Opinion -When it comes to public charter schools and any meaningful education reform, the teachers unions are staunch reactionaries. -
Congress Considers Targeting Secondary Patents on Prescription Drugs
Opinion -In another sign of growing impatience with the high cost of prescription drugs, bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House that would limit pharmaceutical companies’ ability to delay the entry of generic drugs into the market. -
CMS Allows Medicare Advantage Plans to Expand
Opinion -A new rule announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow providers of Medicare Advantage plans to expand the kinds of benefits they offer so they can compete more with each other and attract more participants overall. -
Regulatory Overlap Reform and Federalism
Opinion -The Business Roundtable, an influential association of leading U.S. CEOs working to promote a vibrant U.S. economy through sound public policy, published Reducing Regulatory Overlap in the 21st Century. -
USDA Agencies to Move from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City Region
Opinion -Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is moving two units of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) out of Washington, D.C. to the Kansas City region in Kansas and Missouri. -
Hazony’s Tradition-Based Society Is a Form of Social Engineering
Opinion -At any moment in time, the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket. -
Congress Considers Bill Targeting Hospital Consolidation
Opinion -The national discussion on what to do about surprise medical bills has overshadowed a bill in Congress that would freeze the practice of hospital consolidation whereby large companies buy smaller hospitals and then raise their prices. -
FAIR Care Act Generates Further Reform Measures on Capitol Hill
Opinion -A bill intended to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage and reduce insurance premium prices is gaining some traction on Capitol Hill with the introduction of several related bills. -
U.S. Treasury Rule Foils States’ Attempts to Circumvent Tax Deductibility Cap
Opinion -The U.S. Treasury has stymied efforts by high-tax states to circumvent the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) on federal tax returns.