Opinion
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State and Federal Officials Can’t Compare Common Core Results as Promised
Opinion -One of the goals set for Common Core standards was to be able to compare test results between different states. According to a recent AP report, however, this is unlikely happen. -
Students Score Lower on SATs Than in the Last Decade
Opinion -Student SAT scores hit a 10-year low, according to a report by the Washington Post. Citing the College Board, the report notes high school graduates in 2015 scored an average of 1490 out of 2400, seven points lower than last year’s class. -
Washington State Supreme Court Rules Charter Schools Unconstitutional
Opinion -The Washington State Supreme Court ruled the state’s charter school law unconstitutional on Sept. 4, according to a report in The Washington Post. -
EPA Moves to Limit Methane Emissions
Opinion -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its proposed regulations intended to slash methane emissions from oil and gas production by almost half. -
New Hampshire Lawmakers, Governor Butt Heads Over Budget
Opinion -New Hampshire governor Maggie Hassan (D) and lawmakers have been unable to agree on a biennial state budget. Lawmakers in the state’s General Court are pressing for a budget reducing state spending and promoting tax relief for businesses. -
Coal Industry Leaders Betraying Workers
Opinion -By Tom Harris and Tim BallImagine you have been wrongfully arrested, charged with murdering a child. Although the evidence against you is vague, authorities are anxious to appease those demanding justice so your case is rushed to trial. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Property Tax Hike Proposal
Opinion -Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to Bloomberg.com, will soon ask the city to approve a $500 million increase in property taxes – the largest property tax hike in the history of the city. -
President’s Alaska Junket Produces Hot Air, Not Climate Agreement
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #185 In remarks bordering on the apocalyptic, President Barack Obama spoke in Anchorage at the beginning of a three-day Alaskan junket, part of his year-long “The World Is Burning” tour. -
Doctors Will Be the Scapegoats in the Coming Obamacare Disaster
Opinion -In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the landmark case of King v. -
Continuing ‘War On Toys,’ Feds File Lawsuit
Opinion -Zen Magnets, a vendor of toy magnet sets, is continuing to fight Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations intended to prevent the sale and manufacture of toy magnet sets marketed to adults for entertainment purposes. -
Tea Party, Conservative Grassroots Groups Reject Florida Solar Power Amendment
Opinion -After careful consideration at public meetings, multiple Tea Party and conservative groups have voted to oppose a Florida constitutional amendment giving the solar power industry special rights to sell power directly to electricity consumers and to -
The Growing Medicaid Expansion Bubble
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #471 The majority of controversial issues involving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have stemmed from its mandate that all people have health insurance or else face a fine (or is it a tax?) and its transformation of the U.S. -
Another Clean Coal Power Project on the Brink of Failure
Opinion -Kemper County Mississippi is both one of the poorest places in America, and home to one of the most expensive power plants ever built, Mississippi Power's 582 megawatt clean coal power plant with carbon capture. -
Study: Uber Benefits New York City Low-Income, Minority Consumers
Opinion -A new policy paper by Manhattan Institute fellow Jared Meyer examines how underserved neighborhoods in New York City benefit from Uber, a popular transportation-network company. -
Turning the Tide
Opinion -Legacy Quarterly Report Newsletter -Quarterly Performance Report Third Quarter, 2015 -
Patent Reform Meets Renewed Opposition
Opinion -The announcement by the House Republican leadership that the Innovation Committee by a bipartisan vote of 24-8, but this vote was less convincing than the previous vote (33-5) on a nearly identical bill advanced in the House Judiciary Act (H.R. -
California Tax Bills Asking for Trouble
Opinion -Legislation permitting counties to increase the excise tax on cigarettes was approved by the California Senate Thursday, August 27. Another bill — introduced the day before — would hike the state excise tax by $2.00 per pack. -
E-Cigarettes Not a Path to Smoking
Opinion -In an editorial calling for regulations which would put obstacles in front of adults who seek to quit smoking by switching to e-cigarettes, The Sun's editorial board relies on a powerfully debunked innuendo and preposterous logic ("Teens and -
‘Great National Purposes’ Mean Less Freedom
Opinion -With the seventieth anniversary this year of the end of the Second World War, a number of commentators have focused on the presumed “unity” of America seven decades ago to “win the war” against global tyranny and international aggression by Nazi Germany -
U.S. House Passes Ban on States’ Requiring GMO Labeling
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would preempt states from enacting labeling laws for genetically modified organisms (GMO). Another provision of the bill would require U.S. -
Walker, Rubio Present Plans to Repeal and Replace Obamacare
Opinion -With the 2016 presidential election 14 months away, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) recently announced their plans for how they would repeal and replace Obamacare, joining Louisiana Gov. -
Assault by Government: Draining the Capital Pool
Opinion -David Lee Roth – the original lead singer of mega-rock group Van Halen – gave us an excellent assessment of the value of coin: “Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it. -
Poll: Americans Oppose CFPB Overreach, Unaccountability
Opinion -A national poll conducted by polling agency Zogby Analytics found a majority of American consumers hold a negative opinion of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. -
Biotech Foods Can Save People and the Environment
Opinion -Approximately 800 million people are currently malnourished, and the world’s population is expected to rise by 2 billion by the year 2050.
