Opinion
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Florida Fights Obama Administration Coercion for Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) announced his administration will file a lawsuit against the federal government for threatening to withhold more than $1 billion in Low Income Pool (LIP) funding for hospitals if the state fails to expand Medicaid. -
Maine Lawmaker Proposes Workplace Freedom Bill
Opinion -A Maine lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to prohibit requiring union membership as a condition of employment in both private-sector and public-sector workplaces. State Rep. -
Kansas Judge Dismisses Teachers Union Lawsuit
Opinion -A district court judge dismissed a legal challenge regarding teacher tenure from the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA), the state’s primary teachers union. The judge made the ruling on June 4. -
‘Trust Us – We’re the Government’ Isn’t the Best Justification for These Huge New Power Grabs
Opinion -We are deep into Year Seven of the Barack Obama Administration. It has not been a great time in the history of government transparency and accountability.He at the outset sounded good.“We have to use technology to open up our democracy. -
Right to Try Passes California Senate
Opinion -The California Senate unanimously passed The Right to Try Act, which effectively nullifies certain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules preventing terminally ill patients from accessing experimental treatments. State Sens. -
Nebraska Lawmakers Approve Steep Gas Tax Hike Over Governor’s Veto
Opinion -Nebraska lawmakers overrode Gov. Pete Ricketts’ (R) veto of a proposed gasoline tax hike, increasing the state’s gas tax from $0.256 per gallon to $0.316, a 23.4 percent increase. Once the tax hike is fully phased in, Nebraskans will pay more than $0. -
Why This ‘Farm Kid’ Wants Ethanol Mandate Repealed
Opinion -Nearly 10 years have passed since the federal government imposed a national mandate requiring gasoline be blended with ethanol. At that time, President George W. -
The Tyranny of Trigger Words and College Safe Spaces
Opinion -The media has been full of stories recently about the new sensitivity on college and university campuses concerning the avoidance in courses or assignments of the use of “trigger words” or phrases that may have a “hurtful” affect on students when -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Rejection of EPA Power Plant Rule Challenge
Opinion -In a small victory for the Obama Administration’s climate-change agenda, a federal court on Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge by 15 states and coal companies against a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting carbon emissions from -
Study: Frac Sand Mining a Boon for Employment, Earnings, Economies
Opinion -CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest. -
Cronyism, Not Climate, Is Behind Big Oil’s Carbon Tax Change of Heart
Opinion -Six of the largest oil companies in the world, all from outside the United States, have released a joint statement to the United Nations calling for governments to impose a global “price on carbon” by levying a tax or fee on the carbon dioxide emissions -
Fracking Poses Minimal Risk to Water Supplies Concludes EPA
Opinion -Natural gas companies, people with property and/or mineral rights overlying shale formations containing commercial deposits of natural gas or oil, and American consumers breathed a sigh of relief last week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -
Nevada Governor Socks Taxpayers with Huge Tax Hike
Opinion -The Nevada Legislature approved Gov. Brian Sandoval’s (R) $1.1 billion tax hike, funding increased education spending with a mix of business taxes and fees. Sandoval signed the bill into law in June. -
The Ex-Im Bank: By Doing Nothing, Congress Sides With Taxpayers and Basic Market Principles
Opinion -The Ex-Im Bank has become a key talking point in the 2016 presidential campaign, but most people don’t even know what it is or why it exists. -
Investor Buffett’s Money Not Where His Mouth Is
Opinion -Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and fundraiser for President Obama, made headlines in March for blasting the White House veto of the Keystone XL pipeline bill, saying he would have passed it. -
State Supreme Court Rejects Illinois Pension Reform Plan
Opinion -Overruling public pension reforms enacted in 2013, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled the state’s constitution forbids lawmakers from reducing and suspending automatic pension increases and other benefit boosters promised to public sector workers. -
Indiana Legislators Write Low-Interest Loans for Charters into State Budget
Opinion -Republican legislators in Indiana have worked a bill provision into the state budget to allow for new low-interest loans for charter schools, according to the Indianapolis Star. The measure, supported by Gov. -
Elon Musk Defends His Companies’ Subsidies
Opinion -Alt-energy/transport-tech CEO Elon Musk and his trio of companies (Tesla, SolarCity and SpaceX) didn’t cooperate with the Los Angeles Times on its article that tabulated his businesses’ whopping sum of corporate welfare ($4. -
Goldilocks and the Four Bills – In Washington D.C., In Search of ‘Just Right’
Opinion -We (almost) all know the fairy tale.Goldilocks breaks into the Three Bears’ house. She tries their food and their furniture. Some were too hot and too hard – some too cold and too soft. -
New Google Antitrust Dictionary Words for 2015 – A Satire
Opinion -A Satirical Merriam-Webster Press ReleaseA Sample of New Google Antitrust-Relevant Dictionary Words for 2015SPRINGFIELD, MASS. -
All the News That Fits We Print
Opinion -Responding to a New York York Times editorial is a bit like killing mosquitoes with a fly-swatter: very annoying and much too easy, but sometimes it has to be done. -
Gazprom Has Uber Problems
Opinion -Gazprom, the Russian state-owned energy giant, has traditionally used its position as the second-largest exporter of natural gas to the European Union (EU) (Norway is the largest) as a means of flexing its political muscle, especially under the -
Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to EPA Report on Fracking and Drinking Water
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a long-awaited report finding hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, or fracking, does not lead to “widespread, systemic” pollution of drinking water.
