Opinion
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Ohio District Makes Little Effort to Inform Parents of Parent Trigger Option
Opinion -Ohio residents may never know whether a parent trigger law works, even though Columbus has a pilot program. According to Greg Harris, director of nonprofit StudentsFirst Ohio, the pilot program was set up to fail. -
Politicians, Activists Call for Increased Gasoline Taxes
Opinion -Just as Americans are receiving some relief from high gasoline prices, some politicians and activists want to increase in the federal gasoline tax. -
Rauner’s Latest Executive Order Establishes Criminal Justice Reform Commission
Opinion -Illinois needs to do a better job of ensuring criminals don’t reoffend, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday at the Sangamon County Courthouse. -
Connecticut Lawmaker Proposes New Tax on Soda, Sweets
Opinion -A bill proposed by State Rep. -
Falling Unemployment Rate Is More Than A Little Misleading
Opinion -The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its January 2015 report this morning, and on the surface the situation looks good for the Obama administration: 257,000 jobs were added in January, wages improved, and the number of full-time workers -
If Obamacare Is Saving the Impoverished, Why Are So Few Signing Up?
Opinion -From its inception, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—popularly called Obamacare— has been touted as the necessary fix for the nation’s health care system needed prior to its passage. -
Keystone Pipeline Awaits President’s Decision
Opinion -After two weeks of debate, the U.S. Senate passed a bill approving construction of the final leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, by a 62-36 vote. -
Memo to the CDC: Tell the WHOLE Truth About E-Cigarettes
Opinion -The contrast between the spin put on youth e-cigarette use data last Fall and the story told by the actual data, released last month, is startling but not surprising, given the U.S. government’s over-zealous tobacco prohibition posture. -
How the States Can Make the Debt Ceiling Debate Real
Opinion -For the past year or so, there has been no statutory limit on how much the federal government borrows. The debt ceiling was abandoned in the last budget deal. -
For-Profit Charters Under Unfair Attack, Defenders Say
Opinion -Bob Fayfich estimates fewer than 2 percent of the 176 charter schools in Pennsylvania have for-profit companies hired to run the nonprofit charter schools. -
FDA Simplifies ‘Compassionate Use’ Process
Opinion -This is good news for patients facing terminal illnesses:FDA seeks faster patient access to experimental drugs The Food and Drug Administration wants to dramatically simplify and speed up the application process for access to investigational drugs. -
Virginia House Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
Opinion -In early February, the Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved a bill to reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws. -
Obama’s Free-Tuition Plan Already Exists, and You’re Paying for It!
Opinion -One of the most hotly contested proposals put forward by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address is the president’s free-tuition plan for students attending two-year community colleges. -
Hawaii Wind Farm, Failing, for Sale
Opinion -An SEC filing required as a condition of the potential sale of windfarms from Hawaii’s largest wind farm developer, First Wind, to TerraForm Power, Inc. -
The Morality of Capitalism: Liberty, Honesty, and Humility
Opinion -In American culture there is one persistent villain portrayed as the enemy of humanity, the perpetrator of deception, and the agent for social corruption and human harm: the businessman. -
Economy Continues to Struggle Despite Unemployment Report
Opinion -The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its January 2015 report on Friday, and the Obama administration is sure to be happy with its findings.According to the report, the U.S. -
Walker Plans New Jock Tax to Fund New Basketball Arena
Opinion -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a “jock tax” to help pay off $220 million in government bonds to fund a new basketball arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. -
Study: Intellectual Property Abuses Threaten Innovation, Cost Consumers Billions
Opinion -New Heartland Institute Policy Brief Explains‘Why Patent Reforms Are Needed’ CHICAGO – “Patent trolls” are harming the U.S. -
Obamacare Failure to Screen Contractors Cost Taxpayers $400M+
Opinion -An internal investigation into how the federal government awarded contracts for developing and building the Affordable Care Act’s online exchanges has found the process was fraught with expensive errors. The U.S. -
Nevada’s Sandoval Proposes Package of Tax Hikes
Opinion -Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is proposing a new package of business taxes and fees to help fund a planned $700 million increase in state spending. -
Report: Intellectual Property Abuses Threaten Innovation and Cost Consumers Billions
Opinion -Last week House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte reintroduced the Innovation Act, a patent-reform measure that passed the House in the previous Congress 325-91 and is supported by a diverse swath of American industry, including Google, the National -
Senators Struggle to Rewrite NCLB Law
Opinion -After six years and 24 hearings, two prominent U.S. senators have agreed to start over in drafting a bipartisan bill to fix the Bush-era national education law No Child Left Behind. Sen. -
Battling Hurricane Gray through Education Choice
Opinion -Based on projections, by the year 2030 the United States will experience an alarming, age-driven dependency ratio, transferring a majority of the economic responsibility of public health care and education to a small working class.
