Opinion
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The IPCC’s Latest Climate Hysteria
Opinion -Realist experts show why $60-80 trillion over next 17 years would be wasted on imaginary crisis. -
Google Invests in Health Insurance Company
Opinion -To increase its presence in the health care market, Google is investing $375 million in insurance provider Oscar Health. -
New Generic Drug Report Shows Promising Savings
Opinion -A new study reports generic drugs saved U.S. consumers $265 billion in 2017. -
Heartland Weekly: Streamline FDA Process to Cure Cancer
Opinion -Week of October 8, 2018 -
Power Outage Causes Spillage of Wastewater into Lake Michigan
Opinion -More three million gallons of untreated wastewater spilled into Lake Michigan from the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility, a sewage treatment plant in Milwaukee, during a mid-August power outage. -
New Jersey Gov. Murphy Vetoes Hair-Braiding Licensing Reform
Opinion -The New Jersey General Assembly approved Gov. Phil Murphy’s substitute proposal for regulating African hair-braiding licensing after Murphy conditionally vetoed a bill that would have exempted hair braiders from the state’s regulations. -
Congress Considers ‘Stop BEZOS’ Act Targeting Large Employers
Opinion -The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance is considering a bill that would penalize business owners for hiring employees using federal entitlement programs, by increasing the corporate tax rate paid by owners. -
San Francisco Voters to Consider Taxing Uber
Opinion -Voters in San Francisco, California in November 2019 will consider a ballot question that would add a 3.25 percent tax on rides by peer-to-peer transportation network companies (TNC) such as Lyft and Uber, two popular services. -
Judges Strike ‘Millionaires Tax’ Question from Arizona Ballot
Opinion -Arizona voters will not decide whether to levy a wealth surcharge on high-income households. -
Lawmakers Should Demand Reform of Government Accounting Standards
Opinion -Lawmakers at every level of government currently have a unique opportunity to end the confusion and distortion surrounding the ways governments calculate their finances and report them. -
Michigan Legislature Enacts Minimum-Wage Hikes
Opinion -The Michigan Legislature approved Legislative Initiated Petition 3, an indirect initiated state statute that will gradually increase the state’s minimum wage over the next four years. -
Popularity of Homeschooling Is Increasing Among Kentucky Parents
Opinion -Homeschooling is an increasingly popular option for Kentucky parents who want to improve their children’s education, according to a report presented to the Kentucky General Assembly’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee. -
Philadelphia’s Civil-Asset ‘Robo-Forfeiture’ Process Dismantled
Opinion -The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania backed down from a four-year-old lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice. -
New NIPCC Report Highlights Benefits of Fossil Fuels
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #301 -
New Jersey Gas Tax Goes Up Again
Opinion -New Jersey drivers are paying even more at the pump as the state’s gasoline tax went up yet again in October. -
Proposed Treasury Rule May Hit Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs
Opinion -The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have closed the comment and testimony period for a potential revision to how federal income taxes treat payments to local and state tax credit programs. -
Rent-Control Question on November Santa Cruz, California Ballot
Opinion -Santa Cruz, California voters will decide in November whether to approve a ballot measure that would amend the city’s charter to create new government regulations restricting apartment prices and leasing terms. -
Tax Reform Sparks Indiana Electricity Price Drop
Opinion -Energy prices in Indiana will be falling during the next year, a result of ripple effects from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. -
Arizona Supreme Court Approves San Pedro River Development
Opinion -Denying environmentalists challenges, Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled a new 7,000 unit residential housing development planned near the San Pedro River can move forward. -
EPA’s Non-Politicized Science Benefits Americans
Opinion -A direct challenge to the hardcore enviros who heretofore controlled and corrupted the agency. -
To Pay or Not to Pay: The Big Business of Collegiate Sports
Opinion -As the leaves start to fall and tailgaters fire up their grills, the eternal question of whether or not college athletes should be paid has returned to the forefront of barroom banter. -
More Misplaced Environmentalist Outrage
Opinion -Greens are angry that Interior modified a rule they wanted to use to attack energy and ranching. -
EPA Broadens Enforcement Scrutiny Beyond Oil, Gas, and Agriculture
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it is phasing out its special focus on pollution enforcement against the oil and gas industry and livestock producers. -
The Emerging U.S. Energy Powerhouse
Opinion -The United States is emerging as the world’s energy powerhouse. Two months ago, the United States became the largest producer of crude oil. Exports of crude oil, oil products and natural gas are rising rapidly.
