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Obamacare Court Rulings Protect Employers and Taxpayers’ Rights
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #506 May 18, 2016 Welcome to the Consumer Power Report. Many Americans mistakenly think the Founding Fathers crafted the U.S. -
For the Farmers, the Biofuel Bubble has Already Burst
Opinion -It’s planting season, and farmers are taking to the fields to put food on our tables. -
Cruz Withdrawal Postpones the Concern Over ‘Natural Born’
Opinion -A silver lining to the withdrawal of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, from the presidential race is that we will be spared a battle over whether he met the Constitution’s requirement the president be a “natural born citizen. -
Governments Create Monopolies and Cause Worker Exploitation, Not Free Markets
Opinion -The world is threatened with a renewed wave of anti-capitalism and anti-business sentiments and policies. -
Building a Library for Liberty
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -Quarterly Performance Report Second Quarter, 2016 -
Utah Lawmaker Ditches Proposal to Tax Out-of-State Businesses
Opinion -With only three days to go in the state’s legislative calendar, a Utah lawmaker abandoned a plan to allow the state to collect sales taxes from businesses not located in the state. In March, state Rep. -
Regulations Kill Economies – Obama’s Is the Regulation Administration
Opinion -A recurring headline in the Age of President Barack Obama begins with things like “Obama Administration Issues New Rules…” and “Administration Targets…” and various variations on this theme. -
States Consider Blocking Do-It-Yourself Eye Exam Telemedicine
Opinion -Georgia lawmakers have approved legislation that would ban an innovative vision test allowing patients to use their smartphones, laptops, and an Internet connection to obtain a prescription for contact lenses or glasses. -
Hillary’s Fingerprints Are All Over Common Core
Opinion -So where does Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton stand on Common Core? -
Oklahoma Medicaid ‘Rebalancing’ is Simply Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -Medicaid expansion is an expensive endeavor that many critics believe does not provide better or more affordable health care. -
Ben Rhodes Spins Climate Change
Opinion -“Climate refugee” claims reflect deliberate mendacity and belief that we and reporters are stupidEmploying his college degree in fiction writing, White House communications strategist Ben Rhodes wrote deceitful talking points on the Benghazi attack and -
Is the Green’s “Daddy Warbucks” Helping the Planet or Himself?
Opinion -Any comprehensive review of green energy and its politics and policies has to include the name of wealthy liberal Tom Steyer—who has been called the environmental movement’s new “Daddy Warbucks. -
FWS Approves Copper Mine in U.S. Jaguar Habitat
Opinion -Over the objections of environmental groups, the U.S. -
Tennessee Approves Bill Giving Educators Power to Choose How to Use State Testing Results
Opinion -Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) has signed into law a bill giving teachers and schools the choice of whether to use state testing results in their faculty evaluations. -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland Reprints Robert Zubrin’s Merchants of Despair
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Behold Senator John McCain’s Terrible Military Amendment
Opinion -Arizona Republican Senator John McCain has over his decades in government built a reputation based largely on a few key tenets. -
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Signs Bill Raising Hotel Tax Cap
Opinion -Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) approved a bill allowing counties to increase hotel tax rates beyond the current 3 percent cap. County governments can now tax up to 5 percent of the cost of hotel rooms. -
Washington State Governor’s Inaction Allows Charter Schools to Survive
Opinion -Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee (D) took no action on Senate Bill 6194, allowing it to become law without his signature. The new law funds Washington State charter schools from an account in the state’s budget that uses proceeds from the state lottery. -
Tennessee Lawmakers Vote to Close Door on Tax on Investment Income
Opinion -Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill repealing the state’s Hall tax on interest and investment dividends, the state’s only tax on an individual’s income. -
California Lawmaker’s Soda Tax Bill Goes ‘Pop’
Opinion -A California lawmaker withdrew a proposed bill to tax soda and other beverages containing sugar prior to the bill’s first hearing, which was scheduled before the California State Assembly’s Committee on Health. -
North Carolina Homeowners Battle Wind Farm
Opinion -A North Carolina couple is suing the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) over the construction of a wind farm adjacent to their home. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Gov. Dayton’s Plan to Hike Gas Taxes
Opinion -Press Release -Heartland Institute Experts React to Gov. Dayton’s Plan to Hike Gas TaxesMinnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) on Monday unveiled two funding proposals intending to pay for increased spending on transportation infrastructure. -
Pop Star’s Estate Rocked by Federal, State Estate Tax Bills
Opinion -State and federal tax policies will cost the family of popular musician Prince more than half of his wealth, with state and federal government tax collectors taking about 56 percent of his property after the rock star’s death. -
GOP Prepares Release of Plan to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
Opinion -health-care-news, News -As the 2016 Republican presidential primary race moves toward the party’s national convention in Cleveland on July 18—the deadline House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave the Health Care Reform Task Force to propose a plan to repeal and replace the