Opinion
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President Proposes Charging Ranchers More for Grazing
Opinion -Moving more money from private hands to the government, the Obama administration is proposing budget increases for the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management for fiscal year 2016 and has increased grazing fees for 2015. -
Why Republicans Need to Repeal Obamacare One More Time
Opinion -consumer-power-report -Consumer Power Report #455 On Capitol Hill yesterday, House Republicans released their latest budget, which includes reforms to Medicare and Medicaid as well as the repeal of Obamacare: The plan envisions a remaking of the federal government. -
Attorney general challenges governor on ‘fair share’ dues
Opinion -Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s put the block on “fair-share” dues to protect state employees’ First Amendment rights and uphold the principle of freedom of choice. -
Misunderstanding the Millennials
Opinion -The millennial generation has had much to endure – a still-poor job market, high housing prices and a generally sour political atmosphere. -
Americans See Big Corruption in Big Business
Opinion -A recently released report on the degree of confidence that Americans have in the country’s leading political and economic institutions showed that few of these institutions are held in high regard by the public. -
Anti-Vaxxers, Anti-Frackers Show Similar Disregard for Science
Opinion -How would you feel if you or your child became sick with a potentially deadly disease such as the measles, mumps, or whooping cough because the governor of your state banned the vaccines preventing these diseases in deference to a small yet vocal group -
GOP: The Grade School Boy Trying Too Hard to Get the Silicon Valley Girl
Opinion -The GOP wants the Silicon Valley’s love. And by love we mean the millions of donation dollars that currently go mostly to Democrats. And sadly, it appears some Republicans will go to nearly any length to curry some of that coin. -
Employer Mandate Makes Little Difference
Opinion -I've long been skeptical the employer mandate in Obamacare would make much difference one way or the other. -
Supreme Court Hears Obamacare Case
Opinion -A lawsuit that could determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is now being considered by the U.S. -
New Hampshire Governor Proposes Nursing Home Cuts
Opinion -New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) proposes to slash $7 million in Medicaid reimbursements to nursing homes to address a $58 million deficit in the state’s Department of Health and Human Services budget. -
Florida Officials Work to Reduce Testing
Opinion -Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has issued an executive order that suspends one test in his state’s schools for 11th grade students and called for legislation to review and reduce other testing. -
Obamacare’s Meager ‘Success’ Part II
Opinion -Judging by an article in The Atlantic yesterday, we're apparently supposed to be impressed with Obamacare's touted reduction of 16.4 million in the number of uninsured.The number of uninsured Americans has dropped by 16. -
Georgia Education Officials Look to New Orleans School Model for Inspiration
Opinion -Georgia education leaders face a dilemma mirrored in many states nationwide: Too many schools are failing too many students. -
Landscape and Ocean Changes, Not Carbon-Dioxide, Dominate Climate
Opinion -Review of Landscapes and Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism, by Jim Steele; self-published, June 2013, 331 pages; ISBN: 1490 390189, ISBN-13: 978-1490 390185; $22. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to House GOP Budget Proposal
Opinion -Rep. Tom Price, chairman of the House Budget Committee, unveiled a 2016 budget today that would, among many things, repeal the Affordable Care Act, block-grant Medicaid to the states, partially privatize Medicare, and cut $5. -
Mexican Wolf Gets Special Endangered Species Status
Opinion -More contact between wolves and humans is in store as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to list Mexican gray wolves as endangered but with a special designation.Mexican gray wolves were nearly extinct 40 years ago. -
Better Price Controls Still Not the Answer
Opinion -Apparently the 'better' price controls proposed by Medicare to deal with the problem of hospitals hanging on to patients just long enough for higher reimbursement rates to kick in aren't going to be good enough. -
Virginia Legalizes Ridesharing Services
Opinion -Virginia Gov. -
East Baton Rouge Superintendent Battles Education Reforms
Opinion -Bernard Taylor, outgoing public school superintendent for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, unveiled a plan late February to create several clusters of schools to compete with area charter schools. -
Rewards, Education, and the Culture of Poverty
Opinion -For some children, a “culture of poverty” severely limits the opportunities they have to benefit from structured play and enrollment in out-of-school programs. -
Missouri Earns ‘F’ Grade on 2015 Welfare Reform Report Card
Opinion -House Speaker John Diehl, Sen. David Sater, Sen. Tom Dempsey,and Rep. -
How Rewarding Students Can Improve Educational Outcomes
Opinion -Review of Rewards: How to use rewards to help children learn—and why teachers don’t use them well, by Herbert J. Walberg and Joseph L. Bast, The Heartland Institute, 210 pages, $14. -
Virginia May Allow Homeschool Students on Public School Teams
Opinion -Virginia House Bill 1626 would give public schools the option of allowing homeschool students to participate in their athletic programs and other activities. -
Maryland Lawmakers Propose Cigarette Tax to Boost Budgets
Opinion -State lawmakers in Maryland are considering whether to raise cigarette taxes from $2.00 per pack to $3.00 per pack.