Opinion
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California School Uses Parent Trigger, District Spreads Rumors
Opinion -Parents in Anaheim, California are using the state’s Parent Trigger law to turn a chronically underperforming elementary school into a charter. -
Arkansas Looks for Alternative to Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -Arkansas Gov. -
Public-Sector Unions Shrinking, But Influence Remains Strong
Opinion -Despite decades of contraction, organized labor still has a disproportionately large voice in the government sector. Its influence presents real fiscal problems for states.According to data from the U.S. -
UN Global Poll: Climate Change Is Lowest Priority for Action
Opinion -As the UN-sponsored climate change conference in Lima, Peru drew to a close in mid-December, a poll by the United Nations and associated organizations showed millions of respondents around the world had little interest in action to address climate change. -
Students Hurt by Lack of Competition in Digital Education
Opinion -Digital education is an $8 billion industry in the United States, dominated by three publishing companies: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw Hill, and Pearson. -
Pearson’s History Of Testing Problems
Opinion -Compiled by Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director, FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing Editor’s Note: This timeline shows a range of testing problems for Pearson from the late 90s to the present. -
Shoveling a Lot of Global Warming in Chicago
Opinion -The upper East Coast got sacked with a foot or so of snow last weekend, and are going to be hit with another foot or so this week. -
Doctors Reject Electronic Health Record Mandate
Opinion -In an effort to increase the use of electronic health records by doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, Congress passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, more often known as the HITECH Act, in 2009. -
Louisiana Gubernatorial Hopeful Denounces Common Core
Opinion -In 2012, Louisiana lawmakers, backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, adopted federal education standards, joining the ranks of most states nationwide. Now, following a downward trend in Common Core popularity, some big name politicians have switched sides. -
North Carolina Vouchers Challenge to Reach State Supreme Court
Opinion -A lawsuit challenging the constitutionally of North Carolina’s school voucher program will reach the state supreme court this year. -
‘Better Price Controls’ Aren’t the Answer for Medicare
Opinion -The Obama administration just announced it will be shifting how it pays doctors under Medicare, seeking to reward “value” instead of “volume. -
Jeb Bush’s Common Core Hedging Undermines Reform Efforts
Opinion -Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and prospective GOP presidential contender, was wrong to support Common Core. Now, on the campaign trail, he appears to be backtracking a bit. He should go all the way and admit he was wrong in the first place. -
South Carolina Governor Proposes Gas, Income Tax Reform Deal
Opinion -Announcing her 2015 agenda in her annual State of the State address, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley proposed reforming the state’s tax structure, cutting the state’s income tax rate by 30 percent and increasing the gas tax by $0.10 per gallon. -
Kasich to Propose Package of Tax Increases
Opinion -In March, Ohio Gov. John Kasich will officially unveil his supplemental budget plan and omnibus bill outlining his legislative priorities for the next two years. -
Memo Reveals Bogus EPA Climate Strategy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #157 [Subscribe] A memo released as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act request examining the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule-making has arguably revealed EPA uses misleading claims to stoke fears of global -
UN Peru Meeting Produces Ineffectual ‘Nonbinding’ Climate Accord
Opinion -More than 200 countries attended the United Nations’ 20th Conference of the Parties to the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change in December in Lima, Peru, producing a global pact to reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gas emission purportedly causing -
Medicaid Expansion Hits California Budget
Opinion -California’s budget has taken a billion-dollar hit as a result of the state’s decision to embrace the Medicaid expansion offered through the Affordable Care Act, and faces billions more in future years. -
Haslem’s Insure Tennessee Proposal Debuts to Mixed Reception
Opinion -In recent months, Republican governors in several states—including Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah, and Wyoming—have considered new proposals to expand their states’ Medicaid programs. -
South Carolina Grants Uber Temporary License to Operate
Opinion -A South Carolina quasi-judicial regulatory board has reversed its earlier statewide ban on Uber, one of several popular transportation network companies operating in the state. -
Climate or Crash Risk in Your Vehicle Choice
Opinion -Environmentalists are coming after your car—again. And what they don’t want you to know is their crusade, if successful, would result in a multitude of unnecessary deaths. -
Kansas, Nebraska Fight EPA’s Rule on Ethanol Emissions
Opinion -Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning have joined the Energy Future Coalition and the Urban Air Initiative in a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations changing how ethanol -
Thirty Years Promoting Freedom
Opinion -Very few organizations survive 30 years, and very few people work for the same organization for that long. That makes The Heartland Institute an exceptional organization, and it makes me a very lucky guy. -
Washington Governor Proposes Carbon Tax
Opinion -Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has pushed an ambitious cap-and-trade program requiring the state's largest industries to pay for every ton of CO2 they release. -
‘Right to Try’ Could Bring Hope to Tennessee Patients
Opinion -Legislation introduced in Tennessee could give patients speedy access to drugs that have been proven safe and show promise in treating their medical conditions but have yet to clear all the hurdles of the federal drug approval process.
