Opinion
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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipeline Executive Orders
Opinion -“This is a big win for the American people, and the science shows that not a single polar bear will die because of it.” - S.T. Karnick -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Arrest of College Students Distributing Constitutions at Public College
Opinion -"The students at ... are heroes of the movement to protect free speech on America’s college campuses, and they should be applauded for their refusal to accept the mandates of a clearly tyrannical college administration." - Teresa Mull -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Rick Perry Hearing for Energy Secretary
Opinion -"With Perry at the helm of the Department of Energy, protecting the nation’s energy security – rather than fighting the hobgoblin of human-caused climate change – should once again become the prime goal of the department" - H. Sterling Burnett -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Voice Support for Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator
Opinion -"None can be placed in a position superior to Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s choice to manage the U.S. EPA and return it to the level of excellence intended for it on behalf of the American people." - Jay Lehr -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. House Passing the REINS Act
Opinion -"The REINS Act helps restore the proper balance of power by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations, thereby increasing accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory process." - David Applegate -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Urge Trump, Lawmakers to Expand Education Choice
Opinion -Latest Paper – Documenting How Education Choice Boosts Student Achievement and Economic Growth – is Part Seven of a Multi-part ‘Roadmap for the 21st Century’ Series. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Maryland Officials’ Letter to Ban Fracking
Opinion -“A ban on fracking in Maryland would be based on scary stories, not on science.” - Isaac Orr -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Today’s ‘Day of Denial’ Protests by Radical Environmental Groups
Opinion -"Few people are better suited to undertake the radical reforms necessary to bring the federal regulatory behemoth to heel." - H. Sterling Burnett -
PRESS RELEASE: Fred Palmer Joins The Heartland Institute as Senior Fellow
Opinion -‘I am deeply honored by The Heartland Institute to be asked to serve as senior fellow on energy and climate.’ — Frederick D. Palmer -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to the 115th Congress Beginning Session
Opinion -"The American economic beast is ready to be unshackled from the chains of big government, such as Obamacare, and it's up to lawmakers to do what they've been promising to do for years." - Jesse Hathaway -
Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Ohio’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill
Opinion -Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) yesterday signed into law House Bill 347, which would require law enforcement agencies to seek a criminal conviction before a person’s property is forfeited over to the government. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Gov. Kasich’s Refusal to Extend Freeze on Ohio’s Alternative Energy Standard
Opinion -Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) yesterday vetoed a bill that would have made compliance with the state’s renewable energy standards – the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) – optional for the next two years. -
Arthur B. Robinson Joins Board of Directors of The Heartland Institute
Opinion -Dr. Robinson received the “Voice of Reason” award at the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (2014) and presented at the Second International Conference on Climate Change (2008). -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Offer Roadmap for Monetary Policy, Energy Deregulation
Opinion -"The new Trump administration has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn the nation away from economic stagnation, racial and class division, and socialism and toward economic prosperity, harmony, and freedom." - Joseph Bast -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Surgeon General’s Report on E-cigarettes and Young People
Opinion -U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released a report last week stating the growing use of e-cigarettes among young people “is now a major public health concern.” Murphy recommended the Food and Drug Administration put regulations into effect immediately -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Appointing Scott Pruitt to Head EPA
Opinion -"One small appointment for Trump, one giant leap for environmental sanity." - H. Sterling Burnett -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Signing Exelon Bailout Bill
Opinion -"Illinoisans will be paying more for energy, and Illinois businesses will face higher costs and become less competitive, all so Exelon can garner hundreds of millions if not billions over time, in subsidies." - H. Sterling Burnett -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute, National Tax Limitation Committee Release ‘Roadmap for the 21st Century’
Opinion -First Three of Multi-part Series Outlines Policies to Reform Health Care, Entitlements, and Federal Tax Code -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on the rejection of Dakota Access Pipeline Easement
Opinion -“Denying the pipeline, which is needed to transport approximately 470,000 barrels of oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois, is emblematic of the disdain and disregard President Obama has shown for Middle America throughout his presidency” -Isaac Orr -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Comments on Cook County Food Truck Ruling
Opinion -"Chicago’s food truck ordinances benefit connected, established insiders and short-change entrepreneurs, reducing the variety and accessibility of food choices available to consumers." -Jesse Hathaway -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to No HUD Ban on E-Cigarettes
Opinion -" E-cigarette use does not create the same externalities as tobacco use, because there are no tobacco leaves burning, so it would not have made sense to ban e-cigarette use in the name of public health." - Jesse Hathaway -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts: Stop the Exelon Bailout in Illinois
Opinion -“The government should not decide winners and losers in any market as part of its energy policy. The ideal approach to energy policy would be to repeal all renewable power standards” - Matthew Glans -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Picking Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
Opinion -“This is a promising development as DeVos is an effective and experienced leader in the education choice movement.” - Lennie Jarratt -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Releases ‘Action Plan for President Trump’
Opinion -Heartland Institute Document Outlines Positive Policy Agenda for Energy & Environment, Education, Budget & Taxes, Health Care, and Constitutional Reform
