Opinion
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New York Gov. Cuomo Pushes Ambitious Offshore Wind Energy Plan
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a comprehensive “New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan” to guide the development of 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030. -
Charter Schools Have Positive Impact on Nearby Schools, Study Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -Charter schools positively affect neighboring schools’ student achievement, a new study finds. -
Indiana, Colorado Ranked at Top for Charter School Laws
Opinion -school-reform-news -Potential for growth and a high degree of autonomy helped place Indiana and Colorado at the top of a new ranking of states’ charter school laws. -
Heartland Institute Supports House Passage of Right to Try Bill
Opinion -Press Release -Expected passage in House will be next step in freeing patients to help save their own lives -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Florida Passing Hope Scholarship Expansion for Victims of Bullying and Violence
Opinion -Press Release -“The signing of this bill is a great step to protect students.” - Lennie Jarratt -
Colorado Supreme Court Takes Up Childrens’ Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -the Colorado Supreme Court hears opening arguments in a lawsuit pitting a group of six children backed by an environmental activist group against the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. -
Great Hearts Charter Network Makes Classical Education More Accessible
Opinion -school-reform-news -An increasingly popular network of classical schools illustrates why the number of charter schools across the United States is now nearing 7,000, serving more than three million school children across the nation. -
Can’t We Do Something About School Shootings?
Opinion -Editorial -The recent tragedy at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High has sadly raised this question again. The failure to prevent the loss of young lives reflects both an unpleasant reality and some problems of politics. -
Protecting American Workers?
Opinion -Editorial -Will tariffs on imported steel and aluminum protect US workers? -
Book Dismissing Value of College Marred by Excess Data
Opinion -school-reform-news -Review of The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money, by Bryan Caplan (Princeton University Press, 2018), 416 pp.; $20.04 on Amazon.com: ISBN-10: 0691174652, ISBN-13: 978-0691174655 -
Bad Medicine: How Politicians Jack Up Medicaid and Medicare Prices
Opinion -Editorial -The other day a reporter asked me to explain why the government cannot negotiate the price of Medicare drugs lower than private drug plans run by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). -
Heartland Weekly: Pruitt Leading EPA Toward Greatness
Opinion -Editorial -Pruitt has served a full year as EPA administrator, and so far, so great when it comes to overturning wrong-headed Obama-era policies. -
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Plan Clears Key Regulatory Hurdles
Opinion -environment-climate-news -North Carolina and West Virginia have approved key environmental permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project. -
Kentucky Lawmakers Reintroduce Tax-Credit Scholarship Legislation
Opinion -school-reform-news -Kentucky lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to bring tax-credit scholarships to the state, after the same bills failed last year. -
Federal Disciplinary Policies Lower Wisconsin Students’ Achievement, Study Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -Disciplinary policies imposed by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) have reduced student achievement in Wisconsin, researchers have found. -
A Fact-Based Review of American Political Theory
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of Unstable Majorities: Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate, Morris P. Fiorina (Hoover Institution Press, 2017), 264 pages, ISBN-13 978-0817921156, $24.81 on Amazon.com. -
Increased Access to Private Schools Raises Overall Test Scores, Study Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -More access to private schooling improves student outcomes across the globe, a new study has found. -
Arizona Senate Considers Compact Prohibiting Stadium
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Arizona state Senate Commerce and Public Safety Committee is considering a bill to enter the state into an interstate compact prohibiting the “use of taxpayer dollars for private professional sports stadiums and facilities” in participating states. -
School Choice Doesn’t Destroy Public Schools, It Makes Them Better
Opinion -Editorial -The go-to mantra of many traditional government school advocates is that education-choice programs destroy neighborhood public schools. -
American Cancer Society Issues New E-Cigarette Policy Statement
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The American Cancer Society’s (ACS) board of directors issued a new position statement on e-cigarettes, stating the products are “less harmful than smoking cigarettes” and recommending “clinicians support all attempts to quit. -
Poll: Voters Want Congress to Act on Prescription Drug Prices
Opinion -A large majority of registered voters say Congress should prioritize reducing prescription drug prices, according to a poll commissioned by an independent national patient organization. -
Alabama Legislature Considers Hiking Minimum Smoking Age to 21
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Alabama state House Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that would increase the minimum age for individuals legally to purchase and use tobacco products and e-cigarettes. -
Acclaimed College History Professor Leaves after Ideological Attacks
Opinion -school-reform-news -An acclaimed history professor is leaving his decades-long post at a prestigious private college after enduring years of discrimination for his conservative views. -
Action Civics Advances Collective Groupthink, Not Civic Knowledge
Opinion -Editorial -In our grab-and-go culture, who does not love action?
