Opinion
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Trump Announces Trade Deal with Mexico
Opinion -President Donald Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral trade agreement with Mexico, as representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico continue to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a trilateral tra -
Small-Business Owner Touts Benefits of Tax Reform
Opinion -The tax reform package passed by congressional Republicans and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017 is promoting business investment in capital and workers, a small business owner told Republican members of Congress who visited his company. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to FDA Threatening E-Cig Producers Over Teen Vaping
Opinion -“Although ‘protecting the children’ is a laudable goal, this rhetoric is overused and threatens the millions of smokers who have quit smoking combustible cigarettes by using these products.” - Lindsey Stroud -
Maryland Enacts ‘All-Payer’ Health Care Payment Model
Opinion -Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) signed a five-year contract reforming the state’s system of payments for beneficiaries of government health care programs. -
North Carolina Surgeon Challenges State’s CON Law
Opinion -A Winston-Salem surgeon is suing to overturn North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) law, arguing it prevents health care providers from improving services for their patients. -
Short-Term Health Insurance Expansion Finalized
Opinion -The departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued the final rule on August 1 making the expansion of short-term plans official. -
State Attorneys General Sue to Stop Association Health Plans
Opinion -Twelve state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule expanding access to association health plans (AHP). -
Nature is the Greatest Polluter
Opinion -In a room 20 feet by 20 feet with a ten foot ceiling, how many matches would you have to light for the air in that room to have the same percentage of carbon dioxide as the atmosphere from the annual emissions of all the automobiles in the world? -
The Coming Decarbonization Tsunami
Opinion -San Francisco Climate Action Summit intends to set the stage for controlling our lives -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland Challenges AEI on Climate
Opinion -Week of September 3, 2018 -
Frac-Sand Mining Ban Approved by Minnesota Appeals Court
Opinion -The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that found Winona County’s ban on frac-sand mining was neither an unconstitutional limitation on interstate commerce nor a governmental “taking’ of private property without compensation. -
Arizona’s Renewable Power Mandate Cost the Average Household $304 in 2017
Opinion -The average Arizona household will likely pay over $1,000 per year in additional costs if voters approve a renewable power ballot initiative this November. -
Yet Another Leftist Anti-Energy Misdirection: Hiding Behind The Animals
Opinion -The entirety of the Leftist radical environmental movement is dangerous and stupid. -
Market Democracy vs. Democratic Socialism
Opinion -Warnings are frequently heard nowadays that democracy is currently under threat. -
EPA Returns Coal Ash Management to States
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a major rule change allowing states greater flexibility in regulating coal-powered electrical plants’ waste products. -
House Resources Committee Leaders Offer Park Maintenance Bill
Opinion -A bi-partisan group of House legislators introduced a bill to use oil and gas revenues to fund the backlog of maintenance needs on many Federal lands. -
Heartland Hits AEI Panel with Tough Questions on Implementing Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -Think tank known globally for promoting sound climate science and economics counters pro-Paris efforts -
Inspector General Faults Obama EPA’s Response to Flint Water Crisis
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s office of Inspector General concluded the agency had shared responsibility for Flint’s drinking water fiasco, with EPA’s slow reaction to the crisis needlessly worsening the problem. -
Heartland Weekly – Energy Socialism Kills
Opinion -Week of August 27, 2018 -
Energy Company Asks PA High Court to Restore Oil and Gas Rule
Opinion -Southwestern Energy Company is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision that overturned decades of the state’s oil and gas law redefining fracking as trespass. -
Endangerment Finding “Delenda Est”
Opinion -Replacing Clean Power Plan with less harmful ACE rule does not fix fraudulent CO2 science -
Chronic Pain Patients Ask FDA for More Options
Opinion -Patients experiencing chronic pain managed via analgesic medications pled for more options and easier access to opioid prescriptions at a public meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). -
Twelve Attorneys General Sue to Block Association Health Plans
Opinion -Attorneys general from 11 states and Washington, DC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Trump administration’s June 20 rule expanding access to association health plans (AHPs). -
Labor Day Needs an Education Revolution
Opinion -With Labor Day on the horizon, many Americans are worried that automation will soon monopolize the job market.