Opinion
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North Carolina Bag Ban Under Fire
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The North Carolina Senate passed a bill rescinding a plastic bag ban applying to the state’s Outer Banks, enacted by the legislature in 2010. -
Senate Confirms Gottlieb as New FDA Commissioner
Opinion -health-care-news, News -FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has written in support of curtailing FDA overreach. -
House Considers Capping Medical Malpractice Judgments
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Lawyer contingency fees are driving up the cost of health care. -
New Jersey Bill Would Expand Malpractice Protection for Charity Care
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Dr. Alieta Eck's charity health care center is a model for reaching low-income and uninsured patients without government funding. -
Trump’s Exit From Climate Accord Puts America First, For a Change
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump said Thursday that the United States formally will withdraw from the Obama-era Paris climate accord despite the decidedly shrill cries made by environmental groups claiming withdrawal from the accord will spell doom for Earth’s climate. -
Congress Considers Outer-Space Regulation Reforms
Opinion -budget-tax-news -After a congressional hearing on how federal regulations block private individuals and businesses from operating in Earth’s orbit and beyond in April, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) launched a follow-up hearing. -
Florida Enacts Tax Cut, New Carve-Outs
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The tax burden on Florida residents will decrease by about $180 million—through new tax cuts, exemptions, and carve-outs—in the next fiscal year. -
Seattle, Washington Mayor’s Soda Tax Idea Covers Coffee, Low-Sugar Drinks
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Seattle City Council approved a proposal by Mayor Ed Murray (D) to impose a new tax on sales of soda, coffee, and other beverages containing sugar and artificial sweeteners. -
Why EU Monopoly Search Ruling Will Be a Tipping Point for Alphabet-Google
Opinion -Editorial -The expected guilty EU antitrust verdict against Alphabet-Google’s flagship “general search service” for abusing its dominance, will be a tipping point for Alphabet-Google this summer. -
New Iowa Law Tweaks Civil-Asset Forfeiture Practices
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Starting in July, Iowa residents will enjoy greater protection from local and state government agencies that want to seize and keep citizens’ property without criminal convictions through a process called civil-asset forfeiture. -
Can a New Homestead Act Solve the Debt Crisis?
Opinion -Editorial -President Donald Trump released his full budget request, outlining priorities for this year and the subsequent decade -
Heitkamp’s Venting and Flaring Mythology
Opinion -Editorial -Radical environmentalists are once again winning the messaging battle. This time, it's the Bureau of Land Management methane venting and flaring rule, which is supposedly aimed at restricting the amount of methane that is vented or flared in the productio -
North Carolina Senate, House Offer Dueling Budget Plans
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate are considering significantly different state budget and taxing proposals. -
Who’s Afraid of the Demonized ‘V-Word’ in Education?
Opinion -Editorial -Teachers-union bigwigs rarely miss an opportunity to pin the “v” word on any school-choice program that gives children a shot at a new educational opportunity outside the government-run schools. -
Four Liberal U.S. Senators Attack Heartland, and We Reply
Opinion -Editorial -For the record, The Heartland Institute has contacted nearly all members of the Trump cabinet. Can any of you explain to me how this differs from the relationship the previous administration had with liberal advocacy groups? -
Response to Job Claims Post Paris Pull-Out
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #252 -
FCC Votes to Roll Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Power Grab
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to begin the process of undoing a 2015 decision by former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler classifying broadband internet as a public utility. -
Lawsuit Challenging Federal Cigar Regulations Delayed
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A lawsuit challenging a 2016 decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanding its power has been delayed again. -
More Liquor Reforms May Be on Tap for Pennsylvania
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved four bills to reduce restrictions on alcohol and liquor sales. -
Everything Is Illegal Unless It’s Specifically Allowed, Says Columbiana, Ohio City Attorney
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Columbiana, Ohio City Council rescheduled a public hearing on a proposed ordinance “allowing” residents to maintain residential gardens on their property. -
Trump Removes Offshore Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump issued an executive order reversing restrictions on offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans imposed by former President Barack Obama shortly before he left office. -
Trump Administration Starts NAFTA Renegotiation Talks
Opinion -budget-tax-news -U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress in May of President Donald Trump’s intent to begin formal talks with Canada and Mexico to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). -
House Approves Faster Termination Process for VA Employees
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Senate passed a related bill on June 6, 73 years after the Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. -
Obama Cronies Discover Having Too-Much-Government Apply To Them – Is Awful
Opinion -Editorial -On the way out the door, Obama’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) jammed through a massive new power grab – which changed the rules on data collection and sales. But only for Internet Service Providers.
