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Federal Court Rejects Northeastern States Bid to Expand Ozone Regulations to Other States
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The District of Columbia Appeals Court rejected North East states efforts to force the Environmental Protection Agency to include more states in a regional ozone organization. -
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Heartland Weekly: Leadership Changes at The Heartland Institute
Opinion -Editorial -Week of June 3, 2019 -
New Hampshire Senate Declines to Ban Plastic Bags or Limit Soda Straws
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Bans on single-use plastic bags fail to achieve the stated legislative goals of decreasing plastic waste and are costly to retailers and consumers. -
Leadership Changes at The Heartland Institute
Opinion -Press Release -These new hires and changes to Heartland's organizational chart will boost our productivity and have an impact in several key areas. -
Utah ‘Clean Slate’ Law Will Expunge Convictions for Nonviolent Offenses
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Measure passed unanimously by state legislature automates the process of expunging criminal records. -
Sea Level Rise Not Accelerating, New Study Shows
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #325 -
Ohio Plans Medicaid Work Requirements as Trump Administration Appeals Ruling
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Trump administration is appealing rulings by a federal court that have blocked the implementation of Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and found a similar program already in place in Arkansas violates federal law. -
Why Socialism Is a Bad Alternative to Capitalism for Natural Resource Development and Environmental Protection
Opinion -Editorial -As discussed last week, the Climate Socialists in the US Democratic Party ultimate objective appears to be to replace capitalism by socialism. -
Commentary: An Income Tax Hike Would Shrink the U.S. Economy
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Raising the top personal income tax bracket to 70 percent would reduce GDP by an estimated 11 percent. -
South Dakota’s Governor Gets Bill to Punish Violent Pipeline Protests
Opinion -environment-climate-news -South Dakota's legislature adopted a legislative package, aimed at preventing the kind of violent protests that delayed and raised the costs of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. -
New Hampshire Education Tax Credits Survive Legislative Challenges
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Program serves low-income New Hampshire students. -
Can Cleaning the Ocean Be Marketed?
Opinion -Editorial -Trillions of pieces of plastic are creating huge garbage patches in the world’s oceans. One company’s efforts to do something about this problem can lead us to rethink some perceived economic wisdom. -
The Great Truck Driver Shortage
Opinion -Editorial -The Alabama legislature lowered the minimum age for a truck driver’s (CDL) license to 18 for within-state transport to help alleviate a driver shortage the American Trucking Associations (ATA) says has existed since 2005. -
The Deep State Is Imposing Many Impediments To 5G Wireless – And China Loves It
Opinion -Editorial -Contrary to some seriously misguided dismissiveness by a great many allegedly informed people – there is such a thing as a Deep State. -
With Some Help from a Great Economist, Would Thanos Have Had a Different Endgame? (SPOILER)
Opinion -Editorial -It's done: one month and twenty-two movies later, my kids and I have watched all of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe/"Avengers" series, from the original Iron Man through Avengers: Endgame. -
Charter Haters’ Train is Temporarily Derailed in CA
Opinion -Editorial -Two bills that would have deeply wounded the popular schools of choice are dead…for now. -
Teacher Incompetence or Lack of Adequate Training?
Opinion -Editorial -The research is mixed. Some reviews (of the many studies on retention or promotion) have shown little benefit for retention in grade 3 compared with social promotion to grade 4. -
Medicaid Expansion in Kansas Averted
Opinion -News -The Kansas State Legislature adjourned for the year after deciding not to expand Medicaid coverage to as many as 150,000 additional residents in the state. -
Family Planning Pilot Program Wants No Government Funding
Opinion -News -The organization behind a program to provide free health care to underserved women says it has no interest in federal grant money because it wants to deliver its family planning message without government intrusion. -
Analysis: Comparison of U.S., Canadian Systems Shows Single-Payer Is a Bad Deal
Opinion -Editorial -Widespread reports this spring that elderly patients in the United Kingdom were facing significant delays getting routine cataract operations coincided with the news that British rock music legend Mick Jagger -
Commentary: Central Planning Destroys Health Care Innovation
Opinion -Editorial -Direct primary care (DPC) doctors have found ways to improve health care access, include telemedicine, and offer deeply discounted rates on medications, labs, and imaging for a low-cost monthly membership, similar in design and value to Costco. -
FERC Approves New Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in the Northeast
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded a proposed pipeline project carrying natural gas from the shale fields of Pennsylvania connecting to utilities throughout the Northeast was in the public interest and approved its construction. -
The Case for an Article V Convention
Opinion -Editorial -When one reviews the culture of the American colonies in the late 18th century and compares it to the United States today, it is surprising that the Constitution that was ratified in 1788 is still largely intact and our republic has survived. -
Tennessee General Assembly Passes ‘Right to Shop’ Price Transparency Bill
Opinion -News -The Tennessee General Assembly passed a Right to Shop bill intended to help consumers find out the true cost of the medical services they receive.