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University Pioneers Next-Generation, Competency-Based Learning
Opinion -Western Governors University is pioneering a new, fast-growing model of education: Competency-based learning. In traditional classrooms, time is fixed and student learning varies. -
Environmentalists Oppose Wind Power Line in Idaho, Wyoming
Opinion -Idaho and Wyoming residents and environmental groups are expressing opposition to a proposed 1,100-mile long high-voltage power line designed to transmit 3,000 megawatts of mostly wind-generated electricity to fast-growing areas in the West. -
International Conference on Climate Change Set for May 21–23
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #46The Heartland Institute’s Seventh International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-7) will take place in Chicago, Illinois from Monday, May 21 to Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel, 720 South Michigan Avenue. -
States Report Strong Tax Revenues in Fiscal 2011
Opinion -State government tax collections in Fiscal 2011 showed strong year-over-year growth compared to fiscal 2010 collections, according to Census Bureau data released April 12. Fiscal 2011 ended on June 30, 2011 for 46 states. -
Insurers Profit from Obama’s Mandate
Opinion -Health insurance companies have experienced dramatically higher stock prices in the two years since the passage of President Obama’s health care law, thanks to the individual mandate to purchase their product. -
South Carolina Considers Reviving Incandescent Light Bulbs
Opinion -Federal energy policies designed to rid the nation of traditional incandescent light bulbs continue to encounter popular resistance, with South Carolina’s legislature considering its own unique act of defiance. -
FreedomWorks: Don’t Accept a Soft Obamacare Mandate
Opinion -One of the big questions on the minds of many in Washington at the moment is: what comes after the individual mandate? -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Passage of Florida Energy Bill (HB 7117)
Opinion -APRIL 13, 2012 — On Friday night, Florida Gov. Rick Scott allowed a key state energy bill, HB 7117, to become law without his signature. The following statement by James M. -
Retired Illinois Teachers May Pay the Price of State Insolvency
Opinion -A confidential memo from the director of Illinois’ largest state pension system said decades’ worth of unfunded liabilities may require the state to cut benefits for current and retired teachers. -
Illinois Medicaid Squeeze Could Hike Everyone’s Hospital Bills
Opinion -The average Illinois household could be facing higher hospital bills under Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn’s $33.8 billion proposed budget, which decreases how much the state compensates providers treating patients on Medicaid. -
Film by Upstate New Yorker Documents Wind Power Impacts
Opinion -Meredith, New York seems like an idyllic place—patchwork farms roll tranquilly along the western foothills of the Catskill Mountains, interspersed with small ponds and temperate woodlands. -
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Nation’s Broadest School Choice Bills
Opinion -Louisiana lawmakers sent to Gov. Bobby Jindal two education bills that would establish the largest voucher program in the country, curtail teacher tenure, tie educator pay and job security to student performance, and expand charter schools. -
Dense Housing to Boost Transit Does Little for Lower-Income Workers
Opinion -One of the most frequently recurring justifications for housing densification policies (smart growth, growth management, livability, etc.) lies with the assumption that automobile-based mobility disadvantages lower-income citizens. -
White House Data Shoot Down Buffett Rule Claims
Opinion -President Obama this week re-launched his advocacy for a "Buffett Rule," which maintains that no millionaire should pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than a middle-class family. -
Agriculture Secretaries Support Genetic Improvement
Opinion -A panel of seven former U.S. Department of Agriculture secretaries representing Republican and Democratic presidents alike spoke in favor of genetic engineering and large, corporate farms at a Feb. 23 agriculture conference in Virginia. -
Czech President Vaclav Klaus to Speak at Heartland Institute Climate Conference
Opinion -Major event taking place in Chicago immediately following the NATO SummitThe Heartland Institute today announced Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, will be the first dinner speaker at the Seventh International Conference on Climate Change -
Heartland Institute Comments on Potential Suspension of Flood Insurance in Florida
Opinion -The Federal Emergency Management Agency has informed the State of Florida that House Bill 503, which cleared both the state House and Senate by unanimous votes earlier this year, could result in the state becoming disqualified from the National Flood -
Heartland Institute Calls on Oxford to Cancel Speech by Admitted Thief Peter Gleick
Opinion -‘All Honest Scientists Should Be Outraged’ The Heartland Institute today called on Oxford University to cancel the April 24 “Oxford Amnesty Lectures” event featuring disgraced climate scientist Dr. Peter H. -
NC Muni Broadband Spurs City-Town Lawsuit
Opinion -Two North Carolina municipalities are at odds over funding of one city’s broadband system. -
Do Real Temperature Measurements Matter?
Opinion -What do you do if you are a global warming alarmist and real-world temperatures do not warm as much as your climate model predicted? -
President Aims to Shift National Testing Focus
Opinion -In his $70 billion 2012 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, President Barack Obama seeks to reduce funding for the nation’s top education comparison test, the National Assessment for Educational Progress, by $6 million. -
Public-Private Partnerships Praised at Chicago Conference
Opinion -Public-private partnerships can help solve some of the “horrific” problems currently being faced by governments, according to Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation of Chicago. -
Critical Drug Shortages Reaching Crisis
Opinion -A rise in shortages of key drugs is reaching crisis level for many patients nationwide as demand outpaces supply. -
Don Berwick: Giving Patients More Control Over Health Spending “Vicious Idea”
Opinion -It didn't take long for Don Berwick, the controversial former head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Obama, to start being honest again about his anti-market views once he left the administration.
