Opinion
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Kentucky Tax Credits Spark Battery Company’s Relocation
Opinion -The state of Kentucky is offering EnerBlu, a battery manufacturing company, up to $30 million in tax incentives if the company relocates its operations to the state. -
Alabama Senate Committee Approves Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
Opinion -The Alabama state Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to restrict the ability of local and state police to take ownership of citizens’ property without a criminal conviction. -
Washington Governor Rejects Oil and Gas Terminal
Opinion -Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected a proposal to establish a massive oil-by-rail terminal along the Columbia River. -
Park Service Considers Entrance Fee Increases
Opinion -The National Park Service has proposed increasing the fees charged to visit some of the nation’s most popular parks. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements
Opinion -“These are exactly the welfare reform initiatives The Heartland Institute has been pushing in dozens of states.” - Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. -
Iowa House Committee Considers Allowing Raw Milk Sales
Opinion -The Iowa House of Representatives Committee on Local Government is considering a bill that would allow people to purchase unpasteurized milk, commonly referred to as raw milk. -
Pension Reform Offered in Kentucky State Senate
Opinion -The Kentucky state Senate State and Local Government Committee is considering a bill to enroll new government employees in a hybrid “cash balance” pension program in which employee retirement benefits are accrued in individual retirement accounts. -
White House Regulatory Reforms Shrink Federal Rulebook
Opinion -Regulatory reform efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration are slowing the pace of new rulemaking and rolling back unnecessary regulations imposed by previous presidents. -
Flu Rages as FDA Approval Process Delays New Cure
Opinion -The release of a new drug that could quickly cure influenza is being delayed by Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) overly cumbersome approval process. -
Federal Funding Deal Increases Spending, Waives Debt Ceiling
Opinion -President Donald Trump approved a congressional continuing resolution authorizing more federal spending and temporarily waiving the debt ceiling. -
Will Congress Finally Get Tough on Junk Science?
Opinion -House hearing investigates a UN cancer agency accused of misusing US taxpayer funds. -
Making Electricity Markets Competitive Again
Opinion -There are no free markets in electricity generation, and subsidies are contagious. -
Taxpayers Lose When NFL Owners Get Subsidies
Opinion -Time for lawmakers to sack sports subsidies. -
Activist Groups Sue EPA Over Advisory Panel Reforms
Opinion -Various activist groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to overturn its decision to end the policy of allowing people who receive research grants from EPA to serve on its scientific advisory panels. -
The Constitution’s ‘Poetic’ Preamble
Opinion -The hidden history of a great historic document. -
He’s Right! Scott Pruitt Hits Ball Out of the Park on Climate Change
Opinion -Not only can he take the heat but he can explain it. -
We Believe The Constitution Applies Exclusively To Americans – And America
Opinion -We have a gi-normous problem with Big Government proponents trying to take away the Constitutional rights of United States citizens – while simultaneously trying to bestow them upon non-citizens. -
Public Goods, National Defense, and Central Planning
Opinion -The competitive market economy is a powerful institutional mechanism for bringing human ingenuity, energy and creativity to bear to improve both the material and cultural circumstances of multitudes of people around the world. -
AGW Believers Replace Scientific Method With Dogma Pt. 2: Suppressing Dissent
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #279 -
Stating the Case for Freedom
Opinion -Quarterly Performance Report First Quarter, 2018 -
Bitcoin and Bubbles
Opinion -Bitcoin has been on a wild ride, rocketing from $1,000 to nearly $20,000 last year. -
America’s Current Struggle: The People v. The Elites
Opinion -Since its founding, America has been blessed with a robust streak of anti-elitism. -
Governor Pushes New Jersey to Rejoin Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Opinion -Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey signed an executive order starting the process for New Jersey to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -
Fed Gov’t Won’t Restrain Spending
Opinion -In February President Trump proposed a $4.4 trillion budget for 2018 and projects a budget deficit for 2019 almost double his estimate last year.
