Opinion
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NYC Charter School Gains Equivalent to Months of More Learning, Study Finds
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #195 -
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Tapped for Struggling Refineries
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Department of Energy is releasing oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), to relieve pressure on struggling refineries hit by Hurricane Harvey. -
House, Senate Split on Trump’s Proposed Education Cuts
Opinion -school-reform-news -U.S. Senate committees voted to reject proposed cuts to the Department of Education (DOE) the Trump administration made earlier in 2017, while the House voted to accept some but not all of the proposed cuts. -
Climate Change Alarmists, End Your Attacks on Science
Opinion -Editorial -Dr. Arturo Casadevall and Dr. Ferric C. Fang correctly distilled down the scientific method into a five word query: “but what if I’m wrong? -
EPA Endangerment Finding Endangers USA
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump must reverse EPA’s climate change “Endangerment Finding” -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute to Host the America First Energy Conference Nov. 9 in Houston, Texas
Opinion -Press Release -One-day event will be a deep dive into President Donald Trump’s energy agenda -
Family Combines Learning and Travel in ‘Road Schooling’
Opinion -school-reform-news -A family for whom travel is a way of life incorporates learning into their lifestyle, through a form of homeschooling they call “road schooling.” -
Conservatives Split on Funding for Louisiana Gasification Plant
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Conservatives are split on whether to support the $3.8 billion Lake Charles Gasification project intended to turn waste from oil refining into synthetic natural gas while capturing various emissions and converting them into valuable chemicals. -
New York’s Clean Energy Mandates Could Cost $1 Trillion, Study Says
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York’s Clean Energy Standard (CES), a renewable energy mandate, could cost Empire State ratepayers and businesses close to $1 trillion over the course of the program. -
Balanced Budget Amendment Article V Convention an Enormous Success
Opinion -Editorial -With a focus on balancing the monumental debt plaguing the United States, the states push for an amendment aimed at restoring federal fiscal restraint. -
Prosecuting or Removing ‘Faithless’ Presidential Electors is Unconstitutional
Opinion -Editorial -A 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential elector who pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton is suing because the state removed him from his position after he voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich instead. He joins two other electors with somewhat similar claims. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Revelation of Antifa Teacher Yvette Felarca’s Long History of Workplace Misconduct
Opinion -Editorial -"The shamelessness of Felarca, the Berkeley Teachers Federation, and BAMN is as terrifying as it is astounding. These people will stop at nothing—as the ‘BAMN’ name plainly states—to get their way." - Teresa Mull -
Joint Tax Reform Framework Includes Foreign Minimum Tax
Opinion -budget-tax-news -After a round of meetings, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans released a plan detailing their shared goals for federal tax reform, including a new tax on American companies’ overseas profits. -
Good News About Vouchers the PDK Pollsters Failed to Disclose
Opinion -Editorial -Recent polling results show school choice gaining traction. The latest, released September 13 by Chicago-based GenForward, revealed robust support from Millennials for vouchers to help needy children choose private schools. -
Poll: Public Vastly Underestimates Average Public School Teacher Salary
Opinion -school-reform-news -The American public thinks government school teachers are underpaid, until they learn how much they actually make, a new poll has found. -
EPA Ends Climate Awards Sponsorship
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will no longer sponsor the Climate Leadership Awards, a program honoring voluntary corporate actions to combat global warming. -
Arizona Group Gathers Signatures to Put ESA Expansion on Hold Pending Citizen Vote
Opinion -school-reform-news -Activists opposing the expansion of Arizona’s education savings account (ESA) program say they’ve collected enough signatures to put the issue on the November 2018 ballot. -
Charter School Enrollment Hits Record High
Opinion -school-reform-news -The number of U.S. students attending charter schools has hit a record high, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports. -
Thousands More Florida Kids Make it to College Thanks to School Choice Program
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #194 -
U.S. House Passes Bipartisan Energy Infrastructure Bills
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. House has approved two measures to expedite the federal government’s permitting and siting policies for oil and natural gas pipelines. -
Illinois Approves Tax-Credit Scholarship Program
Opinion -school-reform-news -School choice proponents celebrated a victory in Illinois as the governor signed a budget that includes a tax-credit scholarship program. -
President Streamlines Infrastructure Construction
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order eliminating and streamlining some permitting regulations in order to speed the construction of critical infrastructure. -
Militant Public School Teacher Took Students to Antifa Protests, Lied about Absences, Records Show
Opinion -Yvette Felarca has a long history of documented workplace misconduct. -
Fossil Fuels Power Disaster Monitoring, Escape, Response, and Relief
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #263