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Michigan Considers Tax Break for Live Organ Donors
Opinion -health-care-news -The Michigan Legislature is considering granting a $5,000 tax credit to those who donate a kidney or part of their liver to a patient in need. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Trump’s Former Science Advisor Will Happer Featured in Climate Forum at COP25 in Madrid
Opinion -Press Release -President Donald Trump’s former top science advisor Dr. Will Happer will headline a lineup of climate experts speaking at The Heartland Institute’s climate realism forum December 3 in Spain. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to President Trump’s Planned Meeting with Vaping Industry
Opinion -Press Release -“The president is truly seeing the industry as what it is: a billion-dollar powerhouse that not only employs people, but saves lives through tobacco harm reduction.” - Lindsey Stroud -
Expensive Climate Policies Sparked Chile Riots, Just Like France’s Yellow Vest Protests
Opinion -Climate activists and the United Nations are suffering a major black eye this week as protests and riots resulting from high energy prices have erupted in Santiago, Chile. -
The Chicago Teacher Union vs. Charter Schools
Opinion -Editorial -This is the second week of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike. It’s the second CTU strike in less than 10 years, and it’s having wide and far-ranging repercussions. -
A Tale of (Teaching in) Two Cities: Chicago, Illinois, and Charleston, South Carolina
Opinion -Editorial -CPS teachers are failing miserably in their mission. Maybe they should not be rewarded with more money, more posh positions, and all other sorts of treats. -
The Real Horror is the FDA’s Drug Approval Process
Opinion -Editorial -The FDA has unlimited power and control when it comes to the treatments and therapies terminally ill patients can access. -
Government Should Get Out of Exam Rooms When Ordering Vaccines
Opinion -Editorial -The nation has averted a so-called “public health crisis,” but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from playing doctor. -
Five Reasons Why Warren’s Policies Will Destroy Freedom as We Know It
Opinion -Editorial -When people take a deep dive into Warren’s policy views, they might want to think twice about supporting her run for the nomination. Here are five reasons why Warren should stay as far from the White House as possible -
Florida teachers are adequately compensated, State legislators should look for other, truly effective ways to improve school outcomes.
Opinion -Editorial -Florida teachers are adequately compensated, State legislators should look for other, truly effective ways to improve school outcomes. -
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Heartland Weekly: Warren Health Care Plan is Devastating
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of November 4, 2019 -
California Increases Telemedicine Payments to Reduce Medicaid Costs
Opinion -News -Medi-Cal, California’s sprawling Medicaid program, is working under new rules expanding reimbursement for telemedicine. -
Labor Department Proposes Industry-Led Apprenticeship Programs
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Currently, the private sector is largely excluded from creating certified apprenticeship programs, which are led by unions and local and state government entities. -
Trump Says Good-Bye to Paris
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #341 -
Commentary: E-Cig, Vaping Bans Keep People Smoking, Preserving Vital Government Revenue Stream
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Some states have turned future tobacco settlement payments into cash by issuing securities. -
Will UTLA Endorse Socialist Bernie Sanders?
Opinion -Editorial -The L.A. teachers union may officially support Bernie Sanders for president next week. -
Trump Administration Tackles California Air Quality, Threatens State’s Federal Highway Funds
Opinion -The United States Environmental Protection Agency warned California’s agency charged with ensuring the state’s air quality warning the state could face federal sanctions if it did not rapidly submit complete required state air quality plans. -
30 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall, Let’s Tear Down Wall of Dogma That Thwarts Our Liberty
Opinion -Editorial -On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell as thousands of East Berliners celebrated their liberation from the giant communist prison camp. -
Report: Unsubsidized Individuals Are Fleeing the Obamacare Exchanges
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Obamacare exchanges are having an increasingly difficult time keeping people who must pay the full premiums out of their own pockets, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report. -
Iowa Governor Blocks State’s Attorney General from Joining Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Power Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds denied the state's Attorney General permission to join a lawsuit filed by a number of states and cities challenging the Affordable Clean Energy rule. -
PRESS RELEASE: President Trump’s Pick to Lead FDA Offers Opportunity for Life-saving Reforms
Opinion -Press Release -We would all benefit if the new commissioner gives top priority to modernizing the FDA regulatory process in order to deliver on the primary objective of better drugs, sooner, at lower cost” - Bartley Madden -
Ann Arbor Agrees to Limit Scope of Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A Michigan city has agreed not to use its expansive anti-discrimination law against two political strategists. -
Illinois Mandates Insurance Coverage of EpiPens for Children, Teens
Opinion -News -Illinois is the first state to mandate insurance coverage of epinephrine injectors, more commonly known as EpiPens, for children. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Officially Pulling Out of Paris Climate Accord
Opinion -Press Release -"Trump set the United States on the road to energy independence with his regulatory reforms. Now he is boosting U.S. sovereignty and putting Americans first by withdrawing us from the Paris climate agreement." - H. Sterling Burnett
