Opinion
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Lawsuit May Explain Trump Administration’s Mixed Signals on Medicaid
Opinion -Whether the Trump administration has an appetite for approving a Medicaid block grant may depend on the outcome of a federal lawsuit on Obamacare -
Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Gives Takings Cases Path to Federal Courts
Opinion -The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling opens the federal courts to property owners seeking “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment for the taking of their property by government for a public -
New Michigan Rule Extends Licensure Mandate, Fees to More Midwives
Opinion -Certified professional midwives in Michigan are now subject to a state occupational licensure requirement. -
Trump Greenlights HSAs for DPC and Media Ignores It: Commentary
Opinion -You might have missed this big news because the media largely ignored it, but President Donald Trump signed a historic health care health care executive order (EO) a few weeks ago. -
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Rule on Drug Prices in TV Ads
Opinion -The Trump administration’s plans to promote transparency in drug pricing suffered a significant, if not entirely unexpected, -
University of Missouri Sued for Failing to Follow Donor’s Intent
Opinion -The University of Missouri is the target of a lawsuit claiming a deceased donor’s endowment gift is being misused. -
U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Montana Tax-Credit Scholarship Case
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case challenging a Montana Supreme Court decision that found the state’s school choice program violated the state constitution. -
New York Legislature Passes Sweeping Farm Labor Regulations
Opinion -The New York state law requires farms to allow workers to engage in collective bargaining rights and would impose overtime pay requirements and eligibility for unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation. -
Heartland Weekly: Could Socialism Flip Minnesota Red?
Opinion -Week of August 12, 2019 -
Massachusetts Electric Car Rebate Program to End in September
Opinion -A rebate program designed to spur electric vehicle sales in Massachusetts is likely to end in September. -
Trump Administration Proposes Pilot Program to Import Foreign Prescription Drugs
Opinion -The Trump administration is working to permit the importation of less-expensive prescription drugs originally intended for foreign markets. -
CMS Denies Obamacare Funding for Partial Medicaid Expansion in Utah
Opinion -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) turned down a first of its kind request to provide 90 percent funding for expanding Medicaid to able-bodied adults -
Congress Considers De Facto Nationwide Red-Light Camera Ban
Opinion -Congress is considering a bill that would provide states with an overwhelming incentive to get rid of red-light traffic cameras. -
Oregon Drastically Expands Free School Lunch Program
Opinion -Oregon is dramatically increasing the number of students from middle-income families fed at school at no cost to their parents. -
High Housing Costs Drive Exodus to Exurbs
Opinion -Smaller cities in the United States are growing much more quickly than large ones, reversing a trend earlier in the 2010-2019 decade. -
Wealth Produces Resilience to Extreme Events
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #332 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute to Livestream Rebuttal to U.N. ‘Civil Society’ Sustainability Conference
Opinion -Rebuttal Will Explain How U.N. ‘Solutions’ to Climate Change Harm World’s Poorest -
U.S. House Committee Passes National Parks Upkeep Bill
Opinion -Bipartisan legislation to use revenues from energy production on federal property to pay down the large maintenance backlog at national parks was approved by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. -
Watermelons Use Green New Deal, Paris Treaty to Impose Socialism
Opinion -Many of my friends have long referred to environmentalists as “watermelons” — green on the outside, red on the inside. -
Trump Administration Proposes More Flexible Apprenticeship Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Labor proposes a rule to expand access to apprenticeships. -
The Reports of Iceland’s Glacial Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Opinion -The media are abuzz over the first icy "casualty" of climate change: a small glacier in Iceland named Okjökull, also known as "OK." -
Mainstream Media Abandons Journalism for Activism on Climate Change
Opinion -For more than 20 years I’ve watched media outlets fail to accurately portray the debate surrounding climate change. Unfortunately, things are getting worse. -
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Special Requirements for Pipeline Expansion
Opinion -The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled Dane County cannot force Enbridge Inc. to purchase special environmental liability insurance as a condition of permission to expand its oil pipeline. -
New York Adopts State ‘Green New Deal’
Opinion -New York state has adopted what Gov. Andrew Cuomo has dubbed the Green New Deal of New York, the most aggressive carbon-emissions-reduction goals in the nation.
