Opinion
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Fighting the Rise of Socialism
Opinion -The Heartlander, Fall 2018 -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Policy Brief Debunks Four Persistent Myths About Hydraulic Fracturing
Opinion -"Studies show air pollution levels found near fracking operations are typically too low to pose a danger to human health." -
Federal Court Awards Six States $839 Million in Medicaid Refunds
Opinion -A federal court ordered the Internal Revenue Service to pay a total of $839 million to six states as recompense for what the court ruled was an unlawful Obamacare tax on the states’ Medicaid programs. -
A Shocking, Shameful High School Football Halftime Show
Opinion -On September 29, two police officers, 31-year-old Zach Moak and 35-year-old James White, were killed in a shootout in Brookhaven, Mississippi. -
Leftist Big Tech: ‘Communist China? Heck Yes. The US Military? Heck No.’
Opinion -The domestic Left really doesn’t like America or Americans very much. -
Direct Primary Care Funding Trends Upward
Opinion -Private-sector funding for primary care clinics is increasing, as companies seek new opportunities for investment in the $3.5 trillion U.S. health care market. -
Climate Scientist Spencer Describes Corrosive Role of Government Funding
Opinion -Award winning climate scientist Dr. Roy Spencer says big government funding of climate science is destroying integrity in the field. -
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.
