Opinion
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For Americans With Debilitating Diseases, Free to Choose Medicine Offers Hope
Opinion -Editorial -Americans suffering from debilitating diseases should not have to lobby Congress or Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bureaucrats for special permission to access potentially lifesaving treatments. -
The ‘Blue Dog’ Solution to the Debt Crisis
Opinion -Editorial -It’s time for a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. -
Can Congress Help Americans Save for Retirement?
Opinion -Editorial -Despite the legislative gridlock and Washington’s political fixations, legislation is advancing through Congress with bipartisan support that would make it easier for Americans to enjoy financial security when they retire. -
Government Spending Blunts Economic Progress
Opinion -Editorial -Can the U.S. economy grow at a rate of 3 percent, 4 percent, or even better in the years ahead? -
Why Does the Left Loathe the Free-Market System?
Opinion -Editorial -People respond to incentives. This is the case regardless of how the politico-economic system in which we live and work is structured. -
Free to Choose Medicine: A Plan to Increase Access to Prescription Drugs and Lower Costs
Opinion -Editorial -As the 2020 election creeps closer, candidates are focusing increasingly more on solving one of the most vexing problems Americans regularly encounter: the incredibly high cost of prescription drugs. -
Montana Utility Requests Solar Rate Change to Cover Costs
Opinion -environment-climate-news -NorthWestern Energy, Montana’s largest electric utility, has requested a rate review for its net-metering residential customers. -
Is A New Tax Needed for Taxing Times?
Opinion -Editorial -Our existing political systems evolved at a time of much more gradual social, economic and technological change and to restrain excessive government they were designed to be cumbersome. -
Report: Wealthiest Colleges Receive Billions in Federal Aid
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -The 25 colleges and universities with the largest endowments in the country reaped $6.9 billion in Department of Education funding despite holding a quarter-trillion in existing assets, collectively. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Climate Emergency Resolution in Congress
Opinion -Press Release -Latest Extremist Move by Bernie Sanders and AOC to Be Discussed at Heartland’s 13th International Conference on Climate Change July 25 in Washington, D.C. -
Legislative Pulse: Examining Climate Change, Coal, and Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania
Opinion -environment-climate-news -State Sen. Dave Argall explains how he is trying to promote sound science and economic analysis to energy and climate matters in Pennsylvania. -
Maine Legislature Considers Creating Statewide Electricity Monopoly
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Lawmakers in Maine are considering a proposal to combine the state’s two investor-owned electric utilities into a single, monopoly, nonprofit utility. -
Democracy, Decisions, and Health Care Reform
Opinion -Editorial -Progress in a democracy is often a slow, tedious process, especially when confronted with complicated problems that require resolution. -
PRESS RELEASE: New Heartland Policy Brief Asks ‘Should EPA Reverse Its Endangerment Findings on Greenhouse Gases’
Opinion -Press Release -A new Policy Brief by Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Joseph Bast, titled “Should EPA Reverse Its Endangerment Findings on Greenhouse Gases,” analyzes why the Endangerment Finding must be ended. -
Florida Establishes Another School Choice Program
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -Family Empowerment Scholarships are designed to ease the 14,000-student waiting list for other programs funded by tax credits for donations to scholarship funds. -
Colorado Voters Could End TABOR Refunds
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) requires the state and local governments to refund excess revenues to residents. -
New York’s Climate Change Solution: Harm Regular People for No Noticeable Benefit
Opinion -Editorial -Last week, the New York City Council approved a resolution declaring a climate emergency that it hopes will mobilize efforts to forestall the devastation of purported global warming from greenhouse gas emissions. -
Medicare Is $38 Trillion Short – And Other Reasons Government Shouldn’t Run Anything
Opinion -Editorial -America’s Left has certainly evolved. Fifty years ago, it was the Left who didn’t trust Big Brother and wanted to stick it to The Man. Now they LOVE Big Brother, because they now are The Man -
Progressive Promises and the Cost To Liberty
Opinion -Editorial -Promises, promises, promises. It is the season for political promises. -
The Love of Socialism
Opinion -Editorial -In a country that is both democratic and socialistic, we might suspect that crafty politicians will run for office by promising more and more free stuff. -
Interior Department Takes Steps to End Sue-and-Settle Agreements
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Department of Interior has identified the steps it is taking to improve transparency and public input for legal settlements it is considering. -
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu Vetoes Paid Leave Mandate
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The New Hampshire General Court is considering budget funding proposals that would raise business taxes, tax capital gains, and impose a payroll tax for paid family leave. -
Mexican Gray Wolf Livestock Kills Are Rising Rapidly in Arizona and New Mexico
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Endangered Mexican gray wolves, reintroduced by the federal government to parts of the Southwestern United States, have killed nearly as many cows and calves in the first four months of 2019 as they did all of last year. -
Forced Collection of Teachers’ Union Dues Contested in Federal Court
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -A federal district court in California is considering a case to decide whether teachers have to pay union dues if they are not informed membership is voluntary and they are waiving certain First Amendment rights by joining.