Opinion
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College Students Arrested for Handing Out Copies of the Constitution, File Lawsuit
Opinion -school-reform-news -Two students are suing Kellogg Community College (KCC), alleging the school violated their First Amendment rights by arresting them for handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution. -
ACP Project Pipeline Will Bring Jobs, Growth
Opinion -Editorial -The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is set to bring in hundreds of well paying jobs all through the miracle of fracking. -
Copyright Modernity
Opinion -Editorial -Last week Tom Marino, Judy Chu and Barbara Comstock introduced the CODE Act. The Act would make the U.S. Copyright office an independent part of the legislative branch, instead of remaining part of the Library of Congress. -
On Spending, Is Rand Paul the Last Man Standing?
Opinion -Editorial -Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the only legislator to vote against Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, which sets the framework for budget negotiations in the 115th Congress. -
A New Age for EPA
Opinion -Editorial -Under the leadership of Pruitt and others in the Trump administration, the falsification of data endorsed and created by taxpayer-funded government agencies is finally going to come to an end, and heads will roll as accountability is restored. -
Illinois City Lawmaker Calls for Federal Enforcement of Online Taxes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -As a research firm warns of a pending economic recession in Decatur, Illinois, a local lawmaker is calling on the federal government to require businesses across the nation to collect and pay state sales taxes on purchases made from other states. -
Want to Reform Education? Break Up the Public School Monopoly
Opinion -Editorial -How much proof of its effectiveness does school choice need to show before it finally takes hold? -
Chicago Teachers Union Deal Blocks Efforts to Open Classical Charter School
Opinion -school-reform-news -A labor agreement the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) signed in 2016 with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is making it difficult for a group of parents and advisors to open what would be the city’s first K–12 classical charter school. -
Health Care Policy Changes Signaled as Senate Confirms Price as HHS Secretary
Opinion -health-care-news, News -President Donald Trump's HHS Secretary will most likely lead the repeal and replacement of Obamacare. -
Heartland Weekly – Trump Delivers on Climate, Energy
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -President Donald Trump has wasted no time putting his unique stamp on energy and environmental policies. Just minutes after Trump took the oath of office, all of Obama’s energy and climate pages were removed from the WhiteHouse.gov. -
Illinois State Senators Reject ‘Grand Bargain’ Pension Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Illinois General Assembly rejected a pension-reform bill proposed as part of a 12-bill “grand bargain” compromise budget package, Senate Bill 11, which includes income tax increases and a full state government budget plan. -
Missouri Residents Sue Over Unions’ Right-to-Work Repeal Effort
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Labor unions in Missouri are collecting signatures to place a referendum question before voters in 2018, seeking to repeal the state’s newly enacted right-to-work (RTW) law. -
Trump Executive Order Eases Obamacare Burdens
Opinion -News -President Donald Trump's executive order on January 20 was his administration's first step to repealing the Affordable Care Act. -
Rioters at California University Shut Down Lecture
Opinion -school-reform-news -A group of people protesting an event featuring a conservative speaker at the University of California-Berkeley committed numerous acts of assault and vandalism and succeeded in having the event canceled. -
Missouri Congressman Proposes Blocking U.S. Funding for U.N. Climate Programs
Opinion -environment-climate-news -U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would bar all U.S. contributions to U.N. climate initiatives and programs. -
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Join Lawsuit Challenging Philadelphia Soda Tax
Opinion -budget-tax-news -More than 30 Pennsylvania state lawmakers from the state’s House of Representatives and Senate are joining local business owners’ legal fight against the City of Philadelphia’s newly enacted sin tax on soda and other sweetened beverages. -
Chinese Ambassador Met with Clinton Advisor, Requested ‘Off the Record’ Clinton Meeting
Opinion -News -Hillary Clinton may have another WikiLeaks scandal. -
Republicans Step Up Progress on Obamacare Repeal
Opinion -health-care-news, News -President Trump and Republicans in Congress have identified March as their new deadline for their Obamacare replacement plans. -
Demon Coal
Opinion -Editorial -Coal is a gift that we have in abundance. The vast reserves of coal guarantee the United States energy for hundreds of years. Coal is efficient. No fuel, other than uranium, is cheaper. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Confirmation of Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator
Opinion -Press Release -‘Pruitt brings to the position a record of extraordinary competence, managerial skill, experience with environmental issues from the perspective of a state official, and, importantly, expertise in constitutional law.’ – Bette Grande -
Trump Delivers on Climate, Energy
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump has wasted no time putting his unique stamp on energy and environmental policies. -
NOAA Violates Rules, Scientific Norms to Make Pause Disappear
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #240 -
Repealing and Replacing Obamacare Made Easy
Opinion -Editorial -The insight on repealing and replacing Obamacare that too many Republicans are missing is that they have the opportunity to enact an Obamacare replacement plan that the majority of Americans will find preferable to Obamacare. -
Trump’s Too Smart to Fall for Harmful Republican Establishment Tax Plan
Opinion -Editorial -Some old-guard Republicans are floating the idea of a national tax on carbon-dioxide emissions.
