Opinion
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Require Search Warrants for Phone Tracking, Congressman Proposes
Opinion -A U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee is considering the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act (GPS Act), a bill to reform and standardize government law enforcement agencies’ surveillance of individuals’ cell phones and digital devices. -
Sustainability Is Not Sustainable, Climate Panelists Say
Opinion -The concept of sustainability as a political notion was developed as an excuse to restrict economic activity. -
Tennessee Legislator Introduces Voucher Bill for 12th Consecutive Year
Opinion -A Tennessee senator has for the 12th year in a row introduced legislation to bring school vouchers to his state. -
Interior Department Takes Steps to Make America Great Again
Opinion -Amidst the angst-ridden media attention paid to President Donald Trump’s efforts, the Interior Department (DOI) under new Secretary Ryan Zinke has quietly gone about implementing Trump’s vision. -
Senator Says Tax Reform May Be Up to ‘BAT’ This Summer
Opinion -President Donald Trump is hopeful lawmakers will craft a tax reform bill before August, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters in March, after the Republicans’ Senate leader cast doubt on any action occurring in 2017. -
Seceding From Public Education
Opinion -As nice as it is for these people to care as much as they apparently do about other people’s children, it’s arrogant for them to think they know what’s best for another parent’s child. Why do you care so much about the children of others? -
Fracking Bans Hurt Distressed Communities, Inflate Power Costs
Opinion -This year, oil production in America is expected to reach an all-time high, close to 9.5 million barrels a day. Similarly, natural gas output is projected to reach a record 75 billion cubic feet per day by the end of 2017. -
Dentists Know Best, So Let Them Choose
Opinion -Lawmakers in several states have considered proposals in 2017 to let dentists custom-build their ideal dental teams. Unfortunately, it is increasingly likely that most state legislatures will leave dentists’ hands tied when they adjourn. -
Congress Must Rein in the Regulatory State
Opinion -Because President Barack Obama was so prolific in using “a stroke of a pen” to create law through executive orders, thereby going around Congress to enact his policy preferences, President Donald Trump can undo many of those costly, harmful policies. -
New Mississippi Law Tackles Welfare Fraud
Opinion -Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) approved a bill requiring government agencies to verify whether recipients of food stamps and other entitlement programs, such as Medicaid, are eligible to receive those benefits. -
Dayton Power and Light Should Keep the Lights on by Saving Coal Plants
Opinion -Despite cries to the contrary made by left-wing environmentalists, closing the DPL power plants will increase costs for ratepayers and have negative consequences for Ohio's manufacturing sector. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Pai’s Speech on New Broadband Regulation Rules
Opinion -"If left unchanged, network neutrality would force the FCC to meddle in every broadband pricing, marketing, and sales plan, making for a string of inconsistent and ad hoc rulings." - Steven Titch -
Google’s Ad Blocking Exposes the Company’s Hypocrisy on Net Neutrality
Opinion -Since 2006, Google has been a well-known corporate leader, funder, and vocal proponent of the net neutrality movement. The movement calls for the strongest possible utility regulation of ISPs. -
South Carolina Governor Approves Pension Bill
Opinion -South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) approved changes to how the South Carolina state government’s five public pension programs operate. -
DOJ Lawyers Switch Sides, File Brief Opposing CFPB
Opinion -Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief opposing a decision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), switching sides in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the structure of the independent government agency. -
Is the National ‘Teacher Shortage’ Fake News?
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #176 -
Congress Considers Bill to Stop Lawsuit Settlement Slush Funds
Opinion -Lawmakers in Congress are considering prohibiting federal government agencies from using lawsuit settlements to promote political goals and enrich friendly outside groups. -
‘BUILD WALL’ Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill Under Consideration
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill to change how the federal government spends the proceeds from local and state law-enforcement agencies’ use of civil asset forfeiture. -
Ohio Budget Proposal Would Require Teachers to Complete ‘Externships’
Opinion -Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s (R) proposed state budget would require teachers to complete an ‘externship’ to have their licenses renewed. -
Texas Senate Approves Margins Tax Relief
Opinion -The Texas Senate approved a bill to reduce and phase out the state’s margins tax, which is collected from business owners for the privilege of doing business in the state. -
Unlawful ACA Payments Prove a Costly Catch-22
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #543 -
Feds Should Look Inward to Expand School Choice
Opinion -While touting localism, you see, Trump also has in mind a grand plan devised in Washington, D.C.: the creation of a $250 million national program to help disadvantaged children choose private schools. -
Pour the Public Education Kool-Aid Down the Drain
Opinion -The Obama administration was fond of proclaiming that high-school graduation rates hit record highs during its tenure. A new report shows that those numbers don’t mean much. -
Distance Education: Tumultuous Today and Yesterday
Opinion -Only a few years ago, for-profit colleges were on a roll.