Opinion
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Legislation Limiting Certificate of Need Introduced in South Carolina
Opinion -South Carolina state Rep. Murrell Smith (R-Sumter) has introduced legislation to loosen the state’s certificate of need restrictions on the ability of health providers to build or open new health care facilities. -
The FCC Delivers the Latest Dose of Obama Cronyism
Opinion -The huge-er government gets – the greater its ability to deliver cronyism goodies. The bigger the wallet government has – the larger the regulatory hammer it wields – the more Crony Socialism it can dispense.Remember when President Barack Obama said this? -
Marketplace Fairness Act Violates Principles of Free Trade, Fairness
Opinion -In fall 2014, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) refused to allow a vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA), a bill effectively forcing online businesses to collect and remit sales taxes to cities, counties, and states in which they are not -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on ‘Doc Fix’ Bill for Medicare
Opinion -Leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday introduced legislation to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate formula for Medicare payments to doctors and replace it with a different formula. -
VA A Preview of Single-Payer Politics
Opinion -It's been a while since I've heard single-payer advocates tout the VA as "proof" that government-run health care works. -
Texas Lawmaker Proposes Statewide Ridesharing Legalization
Opinion -Responding to a crackdown on sharing-economy alternatives to taxicab company monopolies in San Antonio, a Texas lawmaker is proposing standardizing the state’s transportation regulations, in order to encourage competition and innovation in the state. -
Kentucky Tobacco Ban Goes Up in Smoke
Opinion -A proposed statewide ban on smoking in private workplaces and public indoor spaces has been halted indefinitely, after the Kentucky Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee declined to accept the bill for consideration. -
Don’t Dump Dumbo
Opinion -The animal rights groups claiming victory for elephant ban are only wasting time and money.For all the families who have yet to take their children to a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — hurry. -
Student Privacy Bill Delayed
Opinion -Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) did not release a student privacy bill March 23 as expected. -
FDA Approves First ‘Biosimilar’
Opinion -In a move that could lower prescription drug costs for some of the most expensive treatments on the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for the first time a “biosimilar” for sale in the United States. -
Cornyn Offers ESA Reform Bill
Opinion -Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has introduced a bill to reform the listing procedure for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and change the way settlements are reached when environmentalists sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to force a listing. -
Secretive John Doe special prosecutor who fancies a good leak screams secrecy breach
Opinion -MADISON, Wis. — As the state Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in a case involving Wisconsin’s politically charged John Doe investigation, the probe’s special prosecutor appears more desperate than ever to protect his all-but-dead Doe. -
Philadelphia Mayor Proposes Property Tax Hike to Fund Schools
Opinion -To help close a $80 million funding deficit in the School District of Philadelphia’s budget , Mayor Michael Nutter (D) is proposing a 9.3 percent property tax hike on city homeowners. If enacted, taxes on homeowners would increase from 1. -
Study Reveals the Seven States with ‘Failing’ Welfare Programs
Opinion -When the Republican-controlled Congress promoted welfare reform as one of its top priorities in 1995, opponents accused them of being unsympathetic to the plight of impoverished Americans and insisted the proposed policies would end up harming true -
Radical Environmentalism’s Death Campaigns
Opinion -The terms racism, white supremacy, crimes against humanity are bandied about so often that they have become almost meaningless. -
Bipartisan Reform Proposed for Veterans Health Care
Opinion -Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), a national advocacy group for veterans, released a proposal to improve health care for former service members at an event featuring a bipartisan group of elected officials and other health care experts. -
The Question of Evolution
Opinion -One of the potential contenders for the Republican nomination for President, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, was surprise-asked the evolution question. The liberal media recurrently seeks to entertain itself with such "gotcha" questions. -
Logan Pike and Justin Haskins: R.I. welfare system gets an ‘F’
Opinion -By Logan Pike and Justin Haskins Everyone knows newly elected Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, has her hands full in Rhode Island. -
PARCC and Common Core Undergo Scrutiny in Wealthy Lake County School District
Opinion -Thousands of parents across the country and here in Illinois are concerned about Common Core standards, PARCC testing on those standards, and the accumulation and storage of their children’s personal data. -
A World Without the Welfare State
Opinion -We live in an era in which few can even conceive of a world without the welfare state. Who would care for the old? How would people provide for their medical needs? What would happen to the disadvantaged and needy that fell upon hard times? -
Rhode Island Considers Insurance Tax to Fund Exchange
Opinion -Faced with the need to find state money to fund Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) is proposing a tax on all health insurance premiums in the individual and small-group markets. -
Idaho will keep minimum hours mandate for auto dealers
Opinion -Small-time auto dealers will need to keep their doors open at least 20 hours each week after a Senate panel killed legislation to repeal the mandate. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. -
Iowa/Nebraska CO-OP Insolvency Costs Taxpayers $225 Million
Opinion -After burning through $145. -
Flawed Studies used to Push Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
Opinion -Jim Erickson of the Michigan News reports new research shows almost every study cited to promote biofuels as climate-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are flawed and need to be redone.