Opinion
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U.S.–Mexico Trade Deal Should Boost American Energy Exports
Opinion -After months of negotiations, the United States and Mexico reached a preliminary trade agreement that should significantly boost American energy exports to its southern neighbor. -
Poll: Most Americans Support Expansion of School Choice
Opinion -More than half of Americans surveyed in a new poll say parents with children enrolled in government schools should be given tax vouchers to facilitate “[enrolling] their children in private schools instead.” -
Bloom Energy’s “Tangled Web”
Opinion -What a tangled web Bloom weaves, since first it practiced to deceive. -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland’s Ferrara on Fox & Friends
Opinion -Week of September 17, 2018 -
California Adopts 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goal
Opinion -California adopted a law mandating 100 percent of the electricity in the state come from emissions-free sources by 2045. -
Ivanka Trump Endorses College-Loan Payment Tax Exemption Bill
Opinion -President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump endorsed a bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R–IL) that would create federal tax incentives for private employers to pay student loan debt owed by their employees. -
Missouri Enacts Prevailing-Wage Reform
Opinion -The cost of some local and state government construction projects in Missouri will decrease now that Gov. Michael Parson has signed a bill reforming the state’s prevailing-wage law. -
Daylight Saving Flexibility Under House Consideration
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce is considering a bill that would enable more states to decide whether to participate in Daylight Saving Time (DST), the practice of advancing clocks ahead one hour during summer months. -
Illinois Gov. Rauner Signs Craft Brewing Distribution Bill
Opinion -Craft breweries in Illinois may now directly distribute beer to bars and pubs, after decades of being forced to use government-mandated middlemen. -
Michigan Reinstates Work Requirements for Food Stamps
Opinion -Work requirements for food stamp recipients will be enforced in all 83 Michigan counties after having been waived for 16 years. -
Oregon Voters to Consider Grocery Sales Tax Ban
Opinion -Oregon voters will decide in November whether to approve the creation of a constitutional amendment prohibiting new levies on the price of groceries in the state. -
Ohio Schoolteacher Sues for Freedom from Union Dues
Opinion -Lawyers representing an Ohio schoolteacher are suing the local teacher’s union, claiming the organization is continuing to violate her right to free association after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling. -
New York City Imposes Freeze, New Regulations on Ridesharing
Opinion -New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio approved a package of eight bills targeting Uber, Lyft, and other ridesharing companies doing business in the city. -
Kavanuagh Nomination Highlights Importance of Supreme Court Picks
Opinion -President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9, and his confirmation hearings were held in September. -
We Must All Sacrifice for the Environment (But I Meant You – Not Me!)
Opinion -Have we become a society of people who want to regulate others, but not ourselves? -
Heartland Refutes Global Climate Action Summit’s False Claims
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #299 -
Colorado PUC Approves Expensive Green Energy Replacement for Coal Power Plants
Opinion -Colorado's Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy's plan to prematurely close two coal power units at its Comanche Generating Station and replace them largely with renewable power sources at an estimated cost of $2.5 billion. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting for Reliable Energy in Arizona
Opinion -Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem (R–Tucson) says Arizonan’s, especially the poor and those on fixed incomes, will be harmed if voters adopt a renewable energy initiative being pushed by a California Billionaire. -
Heartland’s Peter Ferrara on Fox & Friends: This is Trump’s Economy, Not Obama’s
Opinion -It is quite rich for the previous administration to try now to take credit for an economic recovery Americans can finally feel after years of Obama and Biden declaring a "Recovery Summer" that never came. -
Washington State Voters to Consider a Carbon Dioxide Tax
Opinion -Washington could become the first state to impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, and the first government anywhere to impose the tax through a direct popular vote, this November. -
Bank of the West’s Anti-Fossil-Fuel Policies Provoke Backlash
Opinion -Bank of the West decision to divest itself from all businesses involved in the production, exploration, and distribution of coal, oil, and natural gas has angered elected officials in Wyoming and Colorado. -
U.S. Education Doesn’t Need More Money
Opinion -If only I had a dime for every time I have heard the claim America needs to spend more money on education. -
School Choice Can Enhance School Safety
Opinion -School choice would give families more relief from the bullying/harassing form of violence than a whole battalion of school resource officers ever could. -
Thanks to the Trump Administration, Families Can Rest a Little Easier This Fall
Opinion -The cost of health care is an unceasing concern for Americans, as prices have soared over the past 30 years.