Opinion
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Links Between Fracking and Air Quality Questioned
Opinion -A widely cited study purporting to show oil and gas operations using hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, cause serious air-quality issues suffers from “significant flaws,” a new report has found. -
Congress Revives Plan to Collect Sales Tax on Internet Purchases
Opinion -A group of House members are reintroducing a proposal that would force online businesses to collect and remit sales taxes on purchases made in states where the businesses are not located. In 2014, the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) was passed in the U.S. -
Do High-Stakes Exit Exams Improve Student Achievement?
Opinion -John H. Bishop, a professor of human resource studies at Cornell University, has devoted much of his career to studying the effects of high-stakes exit exams on student achievement. -
Obamacare’s an 8 out of 10, Except for States and People
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #458 Asked to grade the performance of his signature law recently, President Barack Obama gave Obamacare an 8 out of 10. -
Albuquerque Public Schools to Offer Virtual Program
Opinion -The Albuquerque Public School (APS) system plans to implement a new virtual school. The program aims to attract students currently attending virtual schools in other New Mexico districts. -
GAO: Entitlement Fraud and Waste on the Rise
Opinion -The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported federal government fraud and waste increased from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2014. Improper payments rose by $18.9 billion, or 17 percent. -
Poverty, Not Air Pollution Causing Childhood Asthma, Study Finds
Opinion -A new study authored by a research team led by Dr. Corrine Keet of John’s Hopkins Children’s Center has found no link between outdoor air pollution and childhood asthma.Dr. Keet’s team followed 23,000 U.S. -
Europe Cuts Wind Support
Opinion -Europe, once at the vanguard of renewable energy mandates, appears to be having second thoughts about its reliance on giant wind installations erected on land and offshore over the past decade. -
Congress Introduces Ban on Online Poker, Gambling
Opinion -A bill titled the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act,” sponsored in Congress by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), would ban all forms of online gambling, including playing poker over the Internet. The bill would change the U.S. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Obama’s Effort to Link Human Health and Climate Change
Opinion -The White House released a plan today called “Actions to Protect Communities From The Impacts of Climate Change,” which seeks to link global warming to threats to human health. -
Heartland Institute Not in ‘Tactical Retreat’ from Climate Realism
Opinion -Washington Post column by Dana Milbank read too muchinto a four-month-old op-edWashington Post Columnist Dana Milbank wrote in his April 6 column that The Heartland Institute was making “a tactical retreat” away from the fight against global warming -
Huge Split In The Pro-GMO Community
Opinion -As far as organic stakeholders are concerned, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must be banned. Even new GMO crops that would provide benefits to organic farmers and the world’s poor are out. -
When the Supreme Court Stopped Economic Fascism in America
Opinion -There was a time when the Supreme Court of the United States defended and upheld the Constitutional protections for economic liberty in America. -
Nevada Senate Passes School Choice Program
Opinion -The Nevada State Senate passed a bill to create state’s first private school choice program on Tuesday, April 7. -
Legislative Pulse: Iowa
Opinion -[Editor’s Note: Iowa State Rep. Ralph Watts (R-District 19) is serving his fourth term in Iowa’s House of Representatives. Watts serves on the Commerce, Labor, State Government, and Veteran’s Affairs committees. -
Illinois Lawmaker Proposes Allowing Municipal Bankruptcy
Opinion -Responding to the growing problem of municipal pension liabilities, an Illinois lawmaker is proposing a bill to allow municipalities in the state to declare bankruptcy and renegotiate their liabilities. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. -
Idaho Choice Advocates Want Override of Veto
Opinion -A pro-school choice group in Idaho is asking state legislators to override a veto regarding an education funding policy, according to a report by KTVB.com. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Texas Tax Credits Scholarship Bill
Opinion -The Texas state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday voted 8–3 to pass Senate Bill 4, which would establish a Taxpayer Credit Scholarship Program. The bill by Sen. -
#RFRA – Big Government Means Big Losses of Freedom and Choices and Big Cronyism
Opinion -The solution to many, MANY public policy problems is less government.Governments’ regulatory hammers and checkbooks are simply gi-normous. -
Massive Public Pension Liabilities Loom in Jacksonville
Opinion -The Jacksonville, Florida City Council Finance Committee is debating how to pay for $1.7 billion in unfunded pension liabilities in the city’s Police and Fire Pension Fund. -
Lawmakers Propose Plan to Block FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Regulations
Opinion -Responding to the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) assertion of regulatory power over the Internet, congressional lawmakers have submitted a bill that would halt FCC’s 400-page “net neutrality” regulations before they are implemented and would -
Study: Proposed Ozone Rule Costliest in Nation’s History
Opinion -The Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed ozone rule would be “the costliest regulation in U.S. history,” a study commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers has found. -
The 97 Percent Climate Change Consensus That Wasn’t
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #166 Despite its ongoing popularity and the fact it is frequently cited in professional journals and the popular media as proof we must act now to prevent a dangerous human-caused climate catastrophe, John Cook’s 2013 paper -
Louisville Threatens Airbnb Hosts with Steep Fines
Opinion -Property owners in Louisville, Kentucky who host travelers using the popular sharing-economy service Airbnb are being threatened by city regulators, who claim Airbnb hosts are operating illegal hotels and evading hotel taxes.
